I think there may be a false inference here. My home town, Elko Nevada, is 40% Mormon and consistantly votes Republican. However, Bush I has a major stake in one of the Gold mines (the reason Elko exists) and the town has flourished under Bush II do to the high price of gold. I often have the feeling those who choose to vote Republican have saner, at any rate more concrete, reasons for doing so than those who vote Democratic.
Incdedently, Elkonian's would be voting againsts their interests to vote Democratic and the example may well generalize--I think liberals ought to look at the facts before attributing the voting habits of "middle-Americans" to stupidy.
> Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:10:32 -0800
> From: dorenefc at gmail.com
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Southern wad, shot
>
> It's not just the percentage of the population who are Mormons, it's their
> overwhelming proclivity to vote Republican. Harry Reid is a bit of an
> anomaly for a Mormon politician.
>
> DC
> Seattle WA
>
> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 2:01 PM, John Thornton <jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net>wrote:
>
> > Utah I knew was mormon country but Idaho and Wyoming?
> > Apparently yes.
> > Those three states have the highest percentage of mormon populations.
> > Utah 61%, Idaho 27% and Wyoming 12%.
> > Mormons are apparently leaving Utah for Idaho and Wyoming since Utah's
> > mormon population is dropping but Idaho's and Wyoming's are increasing.
> > I never associated Idaho with mormons and I've been there numerous times.
> > Arizona and Nevada are #4 and #5 respectively.
> >
> > John Thornton
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Dorene Cornwell wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 12:53 PM, John Thornton <jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net
> >> >wrote:
> >> Any explanation for why Idaho (65%), Utah (66%), and Wyoming (68%) have
> >> much
> >> higher rates than Montana (52%), North Dakota (55%), and South Dakota
> >> (56%)?
> >> Those are the only non-southern states over 60% and demographically they
> >> aren't that different from their neighbors.
> >>
> >> One word: Mormons.
> >>
> >> I should do some actual research to check but that would be my strongest
> >> guess for ID and UT; WY might have to do with oil biz too. MUCH less oil
> >> biz
> >> in MT and no idea about the Dakotas.
> >>
> >> I believe it was after the 2006 election when the Stranger, a Seattle
> >> weekly, ran a piece on western states trending purple, heavily democratic
> >> in
> >> cities (sizewise, a comparative concept.) and still solidly red in rural
> >> areas. There are substantial numbers of Mormons in MT and the Dakotas too,
> >> but a much smaller percentage of the overall population.
> >> DoreneC
> >> Seattle WA
> >> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 12:53 PM, John Thornton <jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net
> >> >wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> Doug Henwood wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> On Nov 11, 2008, at 123 PM, Shane Taylor wrote
> >>>>
> >>>> I posted the Times piece because it seems to be more data in favor of
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> Thomas Schaller's larger argument (Doug interviewed him a while back).
> >>>>> I
> >>>>> don't think this guarantees party dominance. I simply think it suggests
> >>>>> that
> >>>>> a long-running strategy for winning has run out.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>> Share of white vote for McCain
> >>>>
> >>>> Alabama 88%
> >>>> Mississippi 88%
> >>>> Louisiana 84%
> >>>> Georgia 76%
> >>>> South Carolina 73%
> >>>> Texas 73%
> >>>> Oklahoma 71%
> >>>> Arkansas 68%
> >>>>
> >>>> North Carolina 64%
> >>>> Tennessee 63%
> >>>> Kentucky 63%
> >>>> Virginia 60%
> >>>> West Virginia 57%
> >>>> Florida 56%
> >>>>
> >>>> California 46%
> >>>> Connecticut 46%
> >>>> Minnesota 46%
> >>>> New York 46%
> >>>> Vermont 44%
> >>>> Massachusetts 42%
> >>>> Vermont 31%
> >>>>
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