Sure, but that blue dot has way more population than a huge chunk of the surrounding red sea. I’ll echo the first guy in that I’m perfectly willing to believe there’s some fraud and/or system gaming going on—vote miscounting, gerrymandering, illegal voting, some combination of all of those—but nonetheless, the map doesn’t really represent red voters vastly outnumbering blue voters, even though it might look like it does.
Agreed. But it does lead to the hypothesis that liberalism is an urban mental disorder. And it reminds me of the arguments that Jefferson used to have between the agricultural and the city life. Though I'm a city kid and defend the existence and purpose of cities, I think there is a lot to say for the agricultural life, as it involves the necessity of important virtues.
Austin is that blue dot 🔵 in the center of TX on that map.
Sure, but that blue dot has way more population than a huge chunk of the surrounding red sea. I’ll echo the first guy in that I’m perfectly willing to believe there’s some fraud and/or system gaming going on—vote miscounting, gerrymandering, illegal voting, some combination of all of those—but nonetheless, the map doesn’t really represent red voters vastly outnumbering blue voters, even though it might look like it does.
Agreed. But it does lead to the hypothesis that liberalism is an urban mental disorder. And it reminds me of the arguments that Jefferson used to have between the agricultural and the city life. Though I'm a city kid and defend the existence and purpose of cities, I think there is a lot to say for the agricultural life, as it involves the necessity of important virtues.