A TALE OF TWO MAPS
I provide a couple of interesting maps for your perusal. The top map is created from the 2000 U.S. Census. The bottom one shows counties which went "red" or "blue" in the 2004 elections. If we compare the two maps, what conclusions may be drawn? The Republican National Committee is fond of using the bottom map, by the way.
A great post by Joseph, the Independent Liberal, caused me to think of this. His post on GOP propaganda is worth reading at http://theindependentliberal.blogspot.com/ . Please go check out his website!
4 Comments:
I think it is cognitive dissonance. You meet a more diverse set of people in a larger population, so you are forced to examine your own ideas closer than in a rural setting.
I think that is also why rural people are more likely to fear alternative lifestyles, cause they are not use to the diversity you get in cities.
But then I think this country has for a long time had highly concentrated urban populations, but landwise more territory was conservative.
Also, densely populated areas require more cooperation and coordination to work, so that's another reason they are more inclined to be liberal.
OKL, having an undergraduate degree in geography and having studied maps for years, I also found the map propaganda appalling.
Sheryl, I think you're very correct about people needing to work together in urban areas to make things work. When one thinks of the American West, John Wayne often comes to mind... the rugged individualist who doesn't need help from anyone else in order to survive. That's kind of the way people out here tend to look at things.
Seeing those maps side by side is unbelievable. The Repubs shouldn't be using them - we should.
Cows & Critters vote GOP.
The rectangle in Maine tells it most clearly.
How the hell are we going to get the counting of the ballots back into the hands of the people?
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