Of course, there is even a stronger divide. Note the county map at the bottom of the page: There are startling streaks of blue in what looks like Mississippi and Alabama. Without checking any evidence, I will assert that these are these have a large Black population, or are Black-majority rural counties.
Then again, I've heard the term "urban vote" already used as a crypto-euphemism for "Black"; "urban" already serves that purpose in the music and fashion industries.
There can be no reasonably coherent analysis of the US electoral voting patterns without first accounting for racism. The vast majority of Black people now vote for the party that is perceived as less racist, and a certain percentage of the White population will vote for the party that is perceived as the party of White privilege, before any other considerations. The two parties then do their World Wide Wrestling-type fight over those who are left.
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 5:00 AM, Barry Brooks <durable at earthlink.net> wrote:
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> This site has maps of the 2008 election results by county.
> http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/2008/
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> The division by counties indicates the urban/rural divide is stronger than a
> state divide. Even red states have blue cities.
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> Barry
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