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truebluegreen

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62. Sure, except I believe in everybody paying for stuff,
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 02:22 PM
Nov 2012

so everyone can have it. You know, like roads, fire departments, police, social security, food inspection and safety, education, universal health care etc etc etc.

So, yeah, totally like Mitt.

'The difficulty is regional and cultural. Not necessarily racial.' NMDemDist2 Nov 2012 #1
Oh, don't look at tthe south only hollysmom Nov 2012 #2
Unemployment is high. Times are tough. The other side is going to get votes. aaaaaa5a Nov 2012 #5
I'd like to see those same numbers broken out by sex. nt redqueen Nov 2012 #3
Lots of very interesting maps here: yardwork Nov 2012 #33
Well done BeyondGeography Nov 2012 #4
Not really, because it still puts all the focus on white voters, rather than disenfranchised voters. Lionessa Nov 2012 #8
The entire OP was about white voters Confusious Nov 2012 #52
I am focused on the terms "voting problems" which have little to do with white voters at all. Lionessa Nov 2012 #58
It helps to focus on the entire sentence Confusious Nov 2012 #90
Look there may be a white voter problem, but there is not whilte voting problem. Lionessa Nov 2012 #104
Agreed 100%. I would include some western states as well - Texas, Arizona, S Dakota as geckosfeet Nov 2012 #6
I pulled some more. aaaaaa5a Nov 2012 #11
You haven't mentioned Washington woolldog Nov 2012 #94
Here are the results. aaaaaa5a Nov 2012 #97
tks aaaaa woolldog Nov 2012 #98
The media is really mis-reporting the white vote issue. nt aaaaaa5a Nov 2012 #99
Regardless of how white voters vote(d); the problem exists for those of color or poverty. Lionessa Nov 2012 #7
Bless their hearts, the kindest thing we can do is disenfranchise them for a century or so Fumesucker Nov 2012 #9
Absolutely! janx Nov 2012 #10
Agreed. aaaaaa5a Nov 2012 #12
The Democratic party has lost a lot pipoman Nov 2012 #13
That doesn't explain the results in the south, which has no unions. yardwork Nov 2012 #31
Unions or none, labor will vote in their interests pipoman Nov 2012 #42
Also, working class "Ethnic" Whites tend to be very racist. Odin2005 Nov 2012 #14
The white southern voters are scared and.. ananda Nov 2012 #15
Wrong cordelia Nov 2012 #35
Culture warriors are equally blind. pipoman Nov 2012 #43
If losing white voters in NY, NJ, MD and PA is 'very well'... cthulu2016 Nov 2012 #16
on the other hand, THEY have an *American* voting problem. Bucky Nov 2012 #17
This is true in NC. Obama won much higher percentage of white vote in well educated, urban counties mnhtnbb Nov 2012 #18
My American history prof (who was from teh South) XemaSab Nov 2012 #19
That's true. I was once told that... aaaaaa5a Nov 2012 #21
There IS a SOLUTION! bvar22 Nov 2012 #20
+1 nt aaaaaa5a Nov 2012 #22
+1! uponit7771 Nov 2012 #25
Very well said. Indpndnt Nov 2012 #32
Not true in NC ProfessionalLeftist Nov 2012 #39
I think you missed the point of my post. bvar22 Nov 2012 #59
Um, low taxes at least in part truebluegreen Nov 2012 #55
Hey! You sound just like Mitt! bvar22 Nov 2012 #57
Sure, except I believe in everybody paying for stuff, truebluegreen Nov 2012 #62
And are YOU living in the USA... bvar22 Nov 2012 #63
No I am not living in the USA truebluegreen Nov 2012 #67
You obviously missed the entire point of my post, bvar22 Nov 2012 #69
If you think justified criticism is whining and bitching truebluegreen Nov 2012 #70
If you aren't part of The Solution, bvar22 Nov 2012 #75
Ah, platitudes and self-righteousness truebluegreen Nov 2012 #76
I relish being on your Ignore List! bvar22 Nov 2012 #84
THIS!!! Fawke Em Nov 2012 #66
Our media is no longer based on reality mick063 Nov 2012 #23
It ain't just the south n2doc Nov 2012 #24
And WOMEN HockeyMom Nov 2012 #26
The author of "Better Off Without 'Em" makes a strong case that Speck Tater Nov 2012 #27
I am reading that now. Very interesting book. n/t MadrasT Nov 2012 #29
Saw this on DU - Republican used to be a party...now it's a mental condition. paparush Nov 2012 #28
Exactly bluestateguy Nov 2012 #30
Bigoted. Ignorant. Intolerant. cordelia Nov 2012 #36
I think that we have a white Protestant evangelical right-wing church problem. yardwork Nov 2012 #34
Yeah, that pretty much sums it up. JoeyT Nov 2012 #54
here's some more data RainDog Nov 2012 #73
If the election had been between Herman Cain and Bernie Sanders, race would be proven irrelevant. proverbialwisdom Nov 2012 #37
I'm getting too old for this shit! SCVDem Nov 2012 #38
God is a Black Woman and She sounds like Barbara Jordan of Houston! Manifestor_of_Light Nov 2012 #47
I totally concur. There needs to be some serious applegrove Nov 2012 #40
agree; amborin Nov 2012 #41
We have to build the dem vote from the grassroots up in the south Rosa Luxemburg Nov 2012 #44
The MSM is lazy and really only interested in sensational items jp11 Nov 2012 #45
Thank you SpartanDem Nov 2012 #46
I'd call it a rural voting problem truebluegreen Nov 2012 #48
I agree with the rural dynamic. aaaaaa5a Nov 2012 #50
Dems do no outreach in rural area here in TN Tsiyu Nov 2012 #71
As a Democratic field director in a rural, southern district tabbycat31 Nov 2012 #93
We tried Tsiyu Nov 2012 #105
Oregon and VErmont are Rural States where Most White Men voted for Obama JI7 Nov 2012 #53
Only part of Oregon is rural; truebluegreen Nov 2012 #56
in urban places PowerToThePeople Nov 2012 #72
Yes, I agree truebluegreen Nov 2012 #78
I have never heard "Quitta from Wasilla" before... PowerToThePeople Nov 2012 #86
Glad to hear Idaho is improving truebluegreen Nov 2012 #92
I grew up in a rural area that is solidly purple. Odin2005 Nov 2012 #100
Good to know. I'm not sure what the heck is wrong truebluegreen Nov 2012 #107
Post removed Post removed Nov 2012 #49
Yeah, I was traveling through the southern states of North Dakota, Montana, mmonk Nov 2012 #51
Look in the mirror justice1 Nov 2012 #60
I'd separate Southern from Western voters. Rural western voters are truly anti-government. reformist2 Nov 2012 #61
Yeah! bvar22 Nov 2012 #74
Wow, and I thought I was painting with a broad brush. reformist2 Nov 2012 #82
"Not every Romney voter is a racist." bvar22 Nov 2012 #83
And if you want to see a map of this problem in NC mnhtnbb Nov 2012 #64
Here are the percentages of the white vote for Democratic candidates since 1980. aaaaaa5a Nov 2012 #65
Sad but true Tsiyu Nov 2012 #68
Dems have fallen behind with whites since 1964. hmmm..what was a big issue in 1964???? greenman3610 Nov 2012 #77
+1 AgainsttheCrown Nov 2012 #88
I can't understand white voters in places like West Virginia and Arkansas Daniel537 Nov 2012 #79
Mostly it is from a lack of information and mistrust. bvar22 Nov 2012 #89
Agreed. mzmolly Nov 2012 #80
Your data does not prove your point. former9thward Nov 2012 #81
Big difference betweek losing the white vote by 3 or 6 points Daniel537 Nov 2012 #87
No doubt. former9thward Nov 2012 #91
NY? wtf? n/t flamingdem Nov 2012 #85
Upstate NY. UnrepentantLiberal Nov 2012 #95
Even the 40/60's and the 50/50's are vexing to me. TheKentuckian Nov 2012 #96
I think the canary in the coal mine on this issue is the Asian vote. aaaaaa5a Nov 2012 #102
Yup, there is a "whats up with that" here for sure. TheKentuckian Nov 2012 #106
Racism is the main reason Andy Stanton Nov 2012 #101
People need to read "American Nations" by Collin Woodard. Odin2005 Nov 2012 #103
Missouri might be more of a culturally southern state than NC, or VA pstokely Nov 2012 #108
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