Reply #73: I read about your area

[ginnyinWI]

I think it was in The Nation...or somewhere. They were showing how the areas on either side of the Mississippi went blue, because of some farm legislation, combined with a lot of college campuses along that strip (U of W- LaCrosse, U.of W- Eau Claire, U.of Minnesota, etc. Interesting. Also, in SE Wisconsin there is an area of rural artist-types, ex-pats from Madison, who would also vote blue. I agree, people shouldn't typecast any state as red or blue, because there are both kinds in every state. Lots of Wisconsin counties went red, but overall we edged out a Kerry victory by about 14,000 votes. With Gore it was less, about 6,000.