Why are dems so out of touch with half of Americas states?

[Joe Republic]

Take a look at any of the southern Democrats here. They're not exactly conservative.

Well, using a sample of about 10 people, your evidence is certainly overwhelming. 

If they voted for Bush, they obviously supported Bush. How liberal can they be?

If they voted for Kerry, they obviously supported Kerry. How conservative can they be?

Believe it or not, you don't actually have to be a liberal to vote for Kerry, or a conservative to vote for Bush.  It's not enshrined in law; plus neither candidate is a perfect spokesman for their ideologies.

[A18]

Your IQ of about 10 is certainly overwhelming. There is almost no geographic divide here whatsoever. The most liberal Republican is from North Carolina.

Who you vote for says a lot about your ideology.

[Joe Republic]

Your IQ of about 10 is certainly overwhelming. There is almost no geographic divide here whatsoever. The most liberal Republican is from North Carolina.

OK calm down.  My original point was actually saying much the same thing.  I know it's ridiculous to assume that if you're a Northeastern Democrat then you're automatically a liberal, or a moderate/conservative if you're from the South, and vice versa for the Republicans.  But there is a geographical divide along ideological lines within each party.  That's why we all talk about Dixiecrats in the South, or Rockefeller Republicans in the North.

Who you vote for says a lot about your ideology.

True, but it doesn't say everything.

[A18]

Well, yes, but Rockefeller Republicans and Dixiecrats in the south are more about who can get elected than anything else. That decision is made by majority rule.

I am sure the majority of Bush voters in New York are quite conservative, and the majority of Kerry voters in Texas quite liberal.

It's not as if any one area in a state reflects the state ideology as a whole. There are conservative areas in the blue states, and liberal areas in the red states.

There's just no reason to act like we're more divided along geographic lines than we are.

If every person in the red states was a conservative, in every person in the blue states was a liberal, we would have dismantled the union by now for the sake of us all.

Yet Louisiana went for Clinton, and Vermont for George H.W. Bush. I suppose we are to believe that everyone in those states went from liberal to conservative and conservative to liberal overnight.

[PBrunsel]

Because we're in touch with the other states.  Why are the Republicans so out of touch with the West Coast and the Northeast?

Just keep thinking that way and the GOP will never lose an election!

[MHS2002]

Very few New Yorkers are 'hippies', but most Texans are rednecks.

I believe we have the answer to the question right here.