The Myth of Two Americas - Election Reactions
I have been mum on the election results because I did not want to make
Democrats feel worse than they already do. I had hoped that they would
realize the majority of America does not agree with their "say and do anything"
mentality and woul work to come together for the betterment of our great country. Unfortunately, they haven't come
to this realization and instead
have become even more arrogant and patronizing.
"The reason the Democrats have lost five of the last seven presidential
elections is simple... the decision of the right wing to cultivate and exploit
ignorance in the citizenry," writes Jane Smiley of Slate.com in her article
titled, The unteachable ignorance of the red states.
I have been hearing a lot from other democratic pundits about the ignorant red
states and the evangelical red states that came out in force for their
candidate. The problem is the myth of the red and blue states is just
that, a myth.
A close examination of how each county voted in the election of 2004 and 2000
shows just where the "red and blue" votes are really coming from, they come from
all over this great land and not from any particular states.
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If you breakdown the locations of the "Red" and "Blue" counties you will see
the Red counties are located in rural AND suburban counties, while Blue counties
are located in heavily urban areas and counties where major universities are
located.
Democrat pundits insist Republicans and their supporters are stupid.
This year's exit polling shows just how education effected voting. The
polls show that people who have not graduated high school voted primarily for
Kerry, but those who have earned a high school diploma, had some college, or
have graduated college voted primarily for Bush. Post graduate degree
holders broke for Kerry by a slim margin. Clearly, the uneducated do not
favor republicans, they favor democrats and vice versa, the educated favor
Republicans.
Where does this leave us? How do we explain why these urban counties
seem to go for democrats while all other counties across the country go for
republicans. Lets look at the demographics of urban areas and how they
equate to exit polling. Data from the 2000 census shows that these urban
counties are primarily black. Exit polls show that blacks voted 88% to 11%
for Kerry. No greater gap in support from any group of race, economic, or
educational background can be found in exit polling data. These statistics
imply that democrats have managed to create a voting block in the black American
community that will vote as they are told and not on their own personal values.
How can I say they don't hold the same values as democrats? Further
polling shows that the overwhelming majority of black Americans attend church on
a regular basis and the majority of blacks voted for the gay marriage bans in
the 11 states where the issue was on the ballots. These stats show black
Americans hold the same moral values as white Americans and hispanics and so on.
When they realize their blind support for democrats isn't helping them further
their policy goals, as evidenced by Clinton's failure to further any of their
agendas and democrats fleeting power, they will break away and provide a more
balanced support for their personal ideals as is typically the case with other
races.
You might be wondering what Michael Moore had to say right after the
election. In his despair he responded by dishonoring the men he served and
died honorably in Iraq by posting their names and a collage of their portraits
to form the image of George W. Bush.
Later, after cooling off a bit, Michael Moore wrote on his website, "There are nearly 300 million
Americans -- 200 million of them of voting age. We only lost by three and a half
million! That's not a landslide -- it means we're almost there." But
Michael Moore, in the 2000 presidential election the democrat Al Gore won the
popular vote by 500 thousand votes. That means you lost 4 million votes in
4 years. You lost 4 seats on the senate, 3 seats in the House, and
Republicans maintained their majority in Governorships.
You are going backwards, not forwards.
He went on to say, "What IS news is that so many people have shifted toward a
Massachusetts liberal." Exit Polls show that 70% of the people voting
against their opponent voted for Kerry, while those voting for their candidate
vote 59% to 40% in favor of Bush. Michael Moore, they didn't vote
FOR a Massachusetts liberal, they voted AGAINST George W. Bush.
In a time when we should be coming together and Republicans are making every
effort to do so, the Democrats continue to try and divide the nation.
Hopefully, sooner rather than later they will realize the American people do not
find their antics appealing and if they wish to further their ideals at all they
will realize they need to embrace and compromise with the ideals of mainstream
Americans.
Have fun,
j
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