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To: tejek who wrote (97562)	7/23/2011 1:45:57 AM
From: koan	Respond to of 149317

Unlike for the Democrats, there is almost no ideological diversity within the group: essentially all of the current Republican governors are quite conservative, taking moderate positions on at most one or two issues. Also unlike the Democrats, there is no correlation between the ideology of the governors and the ideology of the states. Whether you have a Republican governor in a fairly liberal state like Maine, a moderate state like Ohio, or a conservative one like Idaho, his agenda is likely to be highly conservative. (The closest thing to an exception — the outlier in the chart — is Gov. Gary R. Herbert of Utah, who shares some of the moderate tendencies of his predecessor, Jon M. Huntsman Jr.) Great find and simple answer. Republican's live life with a script. They engage in no individual thinking at all. Dems live life by reason and facts, so there are great differences. Nate silver's graphs show that clearly.