>http://www.usatoday.com/news/vote2000/cbc/map.htm
>Red vs. Blue by county.
>http://www.usatoday.com/news/vote2000/pres08.htm
>http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2001/12/brooks.htm
>One Nation, Slightly Divisible
>
>The electoral map of the 2000 presidential race became famous: big
>blocks of red (denoting states that went for Bush) stretched across
>the heartland, with brackets of blue (denoting states for Gore)
>along the coasts. Our Blue America correspondent has ventured
>repeatedly into Red territory. He asks the questionâ*”after
>September 11, a pressing oneâ*”Do our differences effectively split
>us into two nations, or are they just cracks in a still-united whole?
>
>by David Brooks
>
Of course, that fine piece by Sasha Issenberg shows that Brooks is, um, factually challenged on some material: <http://www.phillymag.com/ArticleDisplay.php?id=350>.
Doug