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2016 Postmortem

pasto76

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13. he won PA with only twelve of 67 counties.

Reply to dem1977 (Original post)

Sun Nov 11, 2012, 06:11 PM

Nov 2012

alot of counties were close, and apparently that put him over the top. "look at all that red". heh. guess they never drove across the country, where there is n-o-t-h-i-n-g for hundreds of miles.

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2 arguments I have heard... [View all] dem1977 Nov 2012 OP

The population of all those red states put together is about 50% (guess) of all the blue states. geckosfeet Nov 2012 #1

For example, the five boroughs of New York contain about twice as many people... CBHagman Nov 2012 #4

Interesting - heres a link with state by state population densities and populations. geckosfeet Nov 2012 #9

2 counter-arguments: Mister Ed Nov 2012 #2

2)- pure awesomeness!! kalli007 Nov 2012 #11

Both arguments are made by people who don't really understand what just happened. CBHagman Nov 2012 #3

Very silly argument union_maid Nov 2012 #5

"get over it." unblock Nov 2012 #6

In the first place, more people voted overall Still Sensible Nov 2012 #7

Okay matt819 Nov 2012 #8

Dirt doesn't vote Mz Pip Nov 2012 #10

Well as far as all the red on the map.... IowaGuy Nov 2012 #12

he won PA with only twelve of 67 counties. pasto76 Nov 2012 #13

Actually #1 is about Bush. Kerry had 59,028,444 votes - more than Romney will hit. Drunken Irishman Nov 2012 #14

Acres don't vote. People do. Mr.Bill Nov 2012 #15