I think this list explains some things

[doc03]

State per capita income. With the exception of New Mexico the bottom 12 all voted Republican. You could make a list of just about anything bad and the same ones come out on top.


1 Mississippi 27028 R
2 WV 28206 R
3 Arkansas 28473 R
4 Utah 29406 R
5 Kentucky 29729 R
6 S. Carolina 29767 R
7 Idaho 29920 R
8 New Mexico 29929 D
9 Montana 30790 R
10 Alabama 30894 R
11 Louisiana 31821 R
12 Arizona 31936 R

[Left Is Write]

1. Idaho is, unfortunately, so very red...

but here is something I posted on the Idaho forum today:

Tens of thousands more voters came out to vote for president in Idaho in 2008 than did in 2004, and it seems that most or nearly all of them supported Obama.

John McCain received 7137 fewer votes in 2008 than Bush did in 2004.

Barack Obama received 54,611 more votes in 2008 than Kerry did in 2004.

The percentages in 2004 were 68% Bush, 30% Kerry
The percentages in 2008 are 62% McCain, 36% Obama

Democrats were unable to gain Larry Craig's senate seat (that went to Jim Risch), but we were able to pick up a seat in the House with Walt Minnick's defeat of Bill Sali.

These numbers signal to me a positive change for Idaho. Is it enough? No. But it's a step - a big one - in the right direction.

[SoonerPride]

2. Well hell, Oklahoma is redder than all of those 12 and not nearly as poor.

But we sure are churchy.

[doc03]

3. Oklahoma is in there like about 15th from the

bottom. Real churchy, that's one of the things they all have in common. Their faith in God and the GOP doesn't seem to be helping them much does it? Another thing a lot of them have in common is they are Right to Work states. It's amazing they continually vote Republican even though it is completely against their own interest. I can't figure why in the Hell a person from Mississippi that makes an income of $27,000 would vote for a Republican that is going to give everyone with an income over $250,000 a tax cut. I think most of them share racism more than anything.