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50 Years Of Political Polarization In One Chart
King County, Texas has seen the biggest shift in political preferences of all US counties since 1960 according to WaPo; but as io9's Mark Strauss notes reveal that during the last two decades, this is not unusual - an increasing number of Americans have chosen to veer Right or Left in their political orientation - with almost no center ground. That trend becomes especially apparent when looking at U.S. election results, county-by-county, since 1960.
We also identified the two counties that changed the most and least between 1960 and 2012. Wyoming County, N.Y., has voted 30-plus percentage points more Republican than the rest of the country in basically every election since John Kennedy first won. King County, Tex., however, has gotten remarkably more conservative.
This is how every single county in the United States has voted vs. the national average since 1960.
The redder the red, the more Republican the county voted than the rest of the country. The bluer the blue, the more Democratic it voted.
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Just 50 years? The Untied States is 240 years of the perfection of a metric fuckton of reality evading, politically derived horseshit. All Started with King Despot George Washington.
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democrats vs whigs
its the same game, just different players...you what an abridged history of politics in america...
BOHICA!....BITCHEZ!
Hmm, the above chart for 2008 & 2012 show the US being overwhelmingly red, i.e. conservatives... I guess Mr Diebold had a helping hand in electing Barry, twice...
Please we convervatives have not changed our tune. It only appears so because liberals keep going left and lefter.
The conservatives used to be for small non-intrusive government.
Does it really make any difference? Divide and Conquer. Fascism rules.
steadily moving towards secession...
after Civil War II (between East and West) ?
just NOT kidding.
as jeff berwick likes to say:
if at first you don't secede, try, try again.
Sure, east and west, but not just that. I saw a map a while back that split the US into five.
I'm thinking east coast, west coast, great lakes, and Texas. Each with more or less territory depending on the split.
Texas aligns with Mexico, but doesn't merge with it. And they start gouging everyone at the gas pump.
Great lakes merges with Canada, and can resist Texas and its gouging because of the tar sands.
East coast gets stuck with the old federal government, and debt, so they get all war-like.
The Pacific fleet and west coast military split from the old feds and align with the new Country of California.
Texas and the east coast align to attack the new Canada for water.
Does the new Country of California jump in? On which side?
Alaska and Hawaii are on their own.
The conservatives used to be for small non-intrusive government.
I still am, though I'm leaning toward no government at all now.
And why would that be? Perhaps because when we (collectively) ask government "to do something" it always does and then proceeds to compound the problem we asked it to solve. It grows itself exponentially.
The problem is, we need to stop asking it to do things for us and just do it ourselves.
(Let the hue & cry of statists begin in earnest...lol)
Do things for us? Hell, I'd be happy if it just quit telling us what to do.
I spend 4 non productive hours today filling out paperwork to keep the lab in compliance. Simply ridiculous. This crap has not improved quality, stopped errors or helped patient care. In fact, it is about as effective as NSA stopping terrorism by invading our privacy. If I ever met the power hungry bean counter that was behind this, I'd be tempted to run him over.
In spite of my rage I am still just a rat in a cage.
Miffed;-)
Well, I guess we could all just refuse?
Oh please -- current conservatives make Nixon look utlra-liberal in comparison.
Except Sparky, by population it's not overwhelmingly red, even if it looks that way on the map.
Also the Republican party is a far cry from what it was in 1960. Current Republicans would call Eisenhower a "lib".
X.inf.capt;
Things are not clear if humans are involved. Multi-Religious. Multi-Political. Multi-Manipulated by Press & Pols.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tories
A Tory holds a political philosophy (Toryism) based on the traditionalism and conservatism It also had exponents in parts of the former British Empire, such as the Loyalists of British America who opposed American independence during the American Revolutionary War. The Tory ethos has been summed up with the phrase 'God, King and Country.'[1] Tories generally advocate monarchism, are usually of a High Church Anglican religious heritage,[2][3] and are opposed to the radical liberalism of the Whig faction. Under the Corn Laws (1815-1846) a majority of Tories supported protectionist agrarianism with tariffs being imposed abroad at the time for sustainability, self-sufficiency and enhanced wages in rural employment.
So, in New York you have Anti-Gun, Anti-US factions, Supporting British Monarchy, and now... maybe support British & European Banks, Totalitarian guys like Giuliani & Bloomberg... support Wall Street & the FED no matter what.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States)
the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic Party. In particular, the Whigs supported the supremacy of Congress over the Presidency and favored a program of modernization and economic protectionism.
Hm...Whigs don't sound all bad!
But Protectionism seems superior under the Tories.
They don't need measuring since the 1963 Coup D'Etat. Only one non-establishment candidate slipped through the cracks, and they nearly killed him 2 months in.
yeah....keep junking away you enslaved fuckers. Any connsent will be our collective undoing.
Bring it!
Missing Data... correlation to Right wing PAC Foundations growth either quantity or Dollar Value:
The Lewis Powell 1971 Memorandum to the Chamber of Commerce: A Call-to-Arms for Corporations | BillMoyers.com
www.billmoyers.com/ content/ the-powell-memo-a-call-to-arms-for-corporations/
Sep 14, 2012 ... The Powell Memo: A Call-to-Arms for Corporations ... given to William Rehnquist, right, at a White House ceremony in Washington, D.C., Dec. ... The number of corporate PACs increased from under 300 in 1976 to over 1,200 by .... of New York; Ford Foundation; The Herb Alpert ...
http://www.wethepeoplenow.org/powells_memo_blueprint_for_corporation_rul...
Too bad the Republicans aren't conservatives and the Democrats aren't liberals, all we get are fascists and socialists and screaming (R)etards and (D)umbasess with over half the country living off the government (assuming the link from a few articles ago was correct).
Exactly. I see people on ZH all the time trying to claim "conservative" like its the holy grail, while hating on "libtards".
All the while none of that has anything to do with our current or future government.
Nor does anyone who believes they are making a difference by not voting, instead concentrating on spreading their wealth of wisdom on the internet. Its really kind of pathetic to read all of this crap written by people who do absolutely NOTHING. Try putting your mark on something that is actually counted instead of acting like by sitting it out you are effecting change while deluding yourself into believing you are avoiding responsibility. By doing nothing OBAMA IS YOUR MAN.
Repeal the 16th Amendment! The worst day in American history is February 3, 1913. Without that amendment, all the problems of Washington DC's kelptocracy go away.
Mission Accomplished! Doesn't matter who was what and who changed sides, just that there is division.
<Moar please. May I have Moar?>
So Cog, things are looking pretty bad, right? And there is no real difference in politicians right? So if we elect one that involves us in perpetual war, it is exactly the same as one who sparks a nuclear conflict right? I mean they are all the same, right? No diff, right? There is no greys here, its just all bad and we should just throw up our hands and admit we are powerless, its all useless, there is no point, right? I along with most here see little to be optimistic about, but the most miserable, the most deflating thing is the constant ringing of the bell of defeat. We despise the sheeple that set watching dancing with stars and vote without a brain in their head, while we set in front of our keyboard pontificating about how fucked we are and how the cops are no better than Israel, which are no better than Hamas, which are no better than ISIL, which are no better than Bush. When did life become so simple? Everything is the fucking same so nothing matters except our display of disgust, our proclamation of individual superiority that WE will not stoop to such low things as voting. More than half the people already don't vote and look at what we have. Does any idiot here really think by emulating this behavior we are advancing anything but failure....oh yes there is always that revolution/reset miracle that will wash away all sins, maybe like Libya, Egypt, Russia, China or even France?
Same shit, different century...
If you want to go out and unproductively bash your head against the abject ignorance of a voting majority propagandized by the well-funded, multi-trillion-dollar taxpayer gravy train status quo perpetuation machine, be my guest. Been there, done that... for years.
You can't fix "stupid," especially when it doesn't want to be fixed. Let 'em rot...
Oh, it's cold alright...get me some Scotch (mumbling)
You'd have to be pretty dumb or desperate to vote.......
It's just congenital Compulsive Self-enslavement Syndrome.
There is no known cure, but a deep coma will relieve the symptoms.
That, and death.
up-vote to you both.
you up-voted to show your dislike of voting?
Voting for evil is bad.
Otherwise it serves a purpose.
We constantly complain about delusion, but anyone who pretends that somehow by not voting they have relieved any responsibility for this mess needs to wear the Crown of Delusion for at least a day. If you voted for Obama or none of the above or simply stayed home, OBAMA is YOUR man! You can tell yourself that Romney would have been worse and that is your right, but it doesn't change anything on the ground. Doing nothing is still doing nothing and as citizens we really have very few responsibilities, the first and foremost of them being the vote. The choices suck, as is and has always been the case, but fucking cowards who will sit it out like THEY are somehow making a stand is just comedic. Do ANYTHING to avoid responsibility. Pontificate on your anarchist leanings like it will do anything but help destroy what little we have left and pound your chest in your pajamas like the hero you think you are. THIS IS YOUR WORLD
I wrote in Ron Paul. Didn't matter since Texas electoral votes went to Romney anyway.
Wow, you really are desperate........
Worldwide there are more forager-socialists than pharaonic-fascists, but there is an ongoing adaptive change trending to the right. The foragers have been in a relative decline for 10,000+ years and as the entire world modernizes, the decline will accelerate. Countries that try to assimilate too many forager culture descendants will suffer relative economic decline.
There is also a slow continuing change from the pharaonic culture to the freedom culture.
Much too slow.
King county Texas, population a whopping 280 people. It is literally the middle of nowhere. So a couple of people voted differently, who cares?
Good Grief. Glad you pointed that out.
http://www.city-data.com/county/King_County-TX.html
This is the better representation-where half the population live.
Figure out how they vote.
http://www.businessinsider.com/half-of-the-united-states-lives-in-these-...
Red vs Blue - just as planned
Conservative types fled the major urban areas. The cities are all Democrap hellholes but that's where the voters are, with higher percentages of those completely dependent on government largesse. Most states now have a great disparity between their urban centers and the rest of the state. Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, hell even California.
Too bad for this chart's effor but party affiliation is no longer relevant.
Both parties are owned and operated by the same oligarchs.
“SWEPT AWAY - Unfettered immigration is rapidly shifting the ethnic and political balance of the United States. Republicans beware.”
October 20, 2001 By Peter Brimelow (former Forbes editor, currently writes for CBS Marketwatch)
After this stunt the Democrats pulled at the border I fully expect to see a party like UKIP grow in the US.
As our nation votes from blue to red, the warbangers just keep march on. Marching along on the backs of our good (but dumb) young men.
I lost every election that I ever voted in. I quit when our paper ballot disappeared. Was tired of losing anyway.
Meaning.... people still don't fucking get it. SMFH.
Does it really matter if the Demopublicans or the Republocrats win. It is not really red vs blue it is really purple vs purple.
I agree that the parties are part of the same oligachy. But, it is interesting to see how the citizenry's perceptions have changed. I've lived all my 60 years in the same town in DuPage Co. Il. When I was a kid, you would have to drive 6 blocks to find a democrat around here. Now they've gerrymandered us Tammy Duckworth and all the local pols are dems too.
The way US economics and foreign policy are headed, soon you cant toss out the can of blue, and paint the map totally red, since the US will have turned 100% crypto-nazi.
(As during the 68 convention, when normally stoic William F Buckley screamed at Gore Vidal "Now listen, you queer, stop calling me a crypto-Nazi or I will sock you in your goddamn face, and you will stay plastered.")
If we are such a red nation how did we get BHO in 2012 ... Will we see any blue in Nov 2014?
The reason is the abridging (adulteration) of the Electoral College. There are 538 votes; representing 100 Senate seats, 435 Congressional Districts and 3 for DC. A candidate has to win the magic number, I think 270. It used to mean that each and every Congressional District counted as 1 vote, and a ratio of the Senate votes based on how each individual states delegation voted. Some states have enacted state laws saying that winning a simple majority of CD's allows for winner takes all. So if the majority of California votes GOP which is east of the coastal counties, their votes are given to the Dem candidates since the big coastal cities/counties have the lion share of the population. Those 45 CD's might split 30 for Obama and 15 for Romney, but that winner takes all by overall popular vote negates the 15 Congressional Districts voting for Romney. It is a perversion of the Electoral College and it steals elections. It violates the Constitution.
Remember, Diebold/George Soros counts the votes.
How stupid can we get?
The new borders should be easy enough to draw.
Did anyone else notice the dark blue square out west? It looked to be somewhere near Colorado, but it stayed consistently dark blue and had very rigid borders as if there was an area marked off as being democraps. Is it possibly Denver and is that why some people equate Denver to the NWO and all kinds of other conspiracy facts.
there's a blue square in iowa/dakotas or somesuch. ...about half way between the great lakes and colorado?
Likely a res.
Pine Ridge Indian reservation in South Dakota
Boulder CO is the epi-center I believe.
DEMOCRATS = REPUBLICANS = CORPORATE OLIGARCHISTS = COMMUNISTS?
= Crony Capitalists. Privatizing profits and socializing losses.