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To: Bridge Player who wrote (84376)	11/6/2004 11:08:38 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793801

Why do people who live in large cities vote overwhemingly democratic, while people who don't, vote heavily republican? I don't know. Anyone care to speculate about the reasons? That map doesn't show that city peope "vote overwhelmingly democratic." Rather, it shows that an overwhelming majority of cities vote majority democratic. Big difference. As for the reason, I don't think it's anything more complicated than that city people are cosmopolitan.

To: Bridge Player who wrote (84376)	11/6/2004 1:07:42 PM
From: KyrosL	Respond to of 793801

Blacks are concentrated in cities. They vote 90% democratic. Hispanics are concentrated in cities. The majority vote democratic (Cubans are the exception, but they are a minority among hispanics and concentrated in South Florida). Young people also disproportionately aggregate in cities in their early working years. Most vote democratic too. Lots of gays are concentrated in cities. They also are heavily democratic voters. Finally, whites that are not afraid to live in the cities with the above are for the most part liberals, so they too vote mostly democratic.

To: Bridge Player who wrote (84376)	11/6/2004 1:24:38 PM
From: Keith Feral	Respond to of 793801

If you break it down by county, you will see that all of the support for Kerry was from large cities. In Ohio, Kerry won Cuyahoga (Cleveland) and Summit (Akron). Bush won every other county in the state except for Franklin,(Columbus). In virtually every state, Bush would open up with 10 to 20 point leads, only to have the gap diminished as the final exit polls from the larger cities were counted. Look at Florida, Bush won virtually every county except for Miami Dade, Broward, and West Palm. The large population of minorities in urban markets are looking forward to the empty promises of the Democrats. The people living outside of the urban centers know that can't afford to pay more taxes for entitlements like national healthcare they will never be able to receive. The smaller communities are voting for Bush out of economic survival. They cannot withstand more taxation just to fulfill the disparity of the big city populations. Nothing is going to change the voting pattern that has emerged from the past two elections.

To: Bridge Player who wrote (84376)	11/6/2004 1:34:16 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793801

I would propose that Lindy put the link to the county-by-county red state/blue state map in the thread header. It's good to refer to it occasionally to remind ourselves what the true views of the country really are.