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Bandit

(21,475 posts)
25. It always amazes me how all that empty land gets so many votes.
Mon Jul 28, 2014, 05:42 PM
Jul 2014

Population centers are blue and empty land is always red..

what we have is a center-left country with far too much money & power in the hands of the far right. unblock Jul 2014 #1
But for some reason, this just isn't translating into votes. Loudly Jul 2014 #2
I thought the democrats in congress had more votes than the republicans B Calm Jul 2014 #4
A million more... Lochloosa Jul 2014 #5
Yeap, we no longer have a functioning democracy... only 2 times in US history has a group voted that uponit7771 Jul 2014 #13
That is a deceptive map. The blue areas are the high population areas. Lochloosa Jul 2014 #6
Exactly right. truebluegreen Jul 2014 #10
That will likely be the next Supreme Court case - TBF Jul 2014 #20
PLUS ONE! Enthusiast Jul 2014 #21
It always amazes me how all that empty land gets so many votes. Bandit Jul 2014 #25
The irony is that people support liberal positions alp227 Jul 2014 #3
This lie is still repeated on... Mike Nelson Jul 2014 #7
Something like this? Lochloosa Jul 2014 #8
+1 B Calm Jul 2014 #12
+2 Mike Nelson Jul 2014 #18
that's really kinda old news stupidicus Jul 2014 #9
The dem party leadership has bought in to spin KG Jul 2014 #11
The dem party leadership has conveniently bought in to spin. Enthusiast Jul 2014 #23
The Big Lie Technique In Action colsohlibgal Jul 2014 #14
It's not over until people stop voting as if it were true Silent3 Jul 2014 #15
Is that Reagan shitstain starting to come out? santamargarita Jul 2014 #16
One label, center right, center, center left really doesn't fit. BillZBubb Jul 2014 #17
I thinkyou are right, but only on issues that are very complicated, as I think issues on the CTyankee Jul 2014 #19
The real problem: Most of the "center-left" is too passive ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jul 2014 #22
I would give more credit to the strictly controlled corporate message on network news Enthusiast Jul 2014 #24
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