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Appalachian Fall
The Reality-Based Community —
... McCain, not surprisingly, polled worse than Bush did in most counties. Matthew Yglesias alertly spots a New York Times map showing where he polled better. I wish I had something comforting to add. Posted at ...
The McCain Belt
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Yglesias puts up this NYT map showing the counties where McCain did better than Bush. Ah, yes, Appalachia and Arkansas. Obviously concerned about marginal tax rates for those earning over $250,000 a year, I suppose. I also note that the polls under-estimated McCain's support throughout many Southern states. Hmmm. ...
The Race Card
J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All Eight Tentacles —
... Matthew Yglesias: The McCain Belt: You can see why John McCain’s principled stand against higher taxes on the wealthy would have a special resonance in this region. Liberals who thought race had something to do with those appeals should be ashamed of themselves. ...
Post-Election Irony
The Democratic Daily —
... section this very year. You will then begin to discover, as the truth plainly is, that your proof does not touch the issue. The fact that we get no votes in your section, is a fact of your making, and not of ours…. (February 27, 1860)
This speech was delivered at Cooper Union in New York City, a hall that still exists, and in which Barack Obama delivered a major speech on the economy this spring.
Now, here’s the map (h/t Matt Yglesias):
New York Times (click map to ...
Real America?
Ben Smith's Blog —
... A reader makes a fascinating, related point about the slice of the country in which McCain overperformed: That New York Times map Matthew Yglesias linked yesterday, showing the counties in which McCain outperformed Bush running down the Appalachian mountains and into Arkansas and Oklahoma, matches ...
Disintegration
The Mahablog —
... them, notices.
However, my first prediction for 2012 is that by then abortion as a national issue will have quietly been forgotten. It might not survive to 2010, in fact. It will still have potency in some states, of course, but it will be kept local. Unfortunately, fighting same-sex marriage will be ramped up to take abortion’s place as the “central front” of the culture wars.
More interesting fallout:
Take a look at the “McCain Belt” — places where McCain did better than Bush did in 2004.
The map ...
Appalachia Only Part Of Country Where McCain Did Better Than Bush
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
Matthew Yglesias points out an interesting New York Times map on the one part of the country where John McCain did significantly better than George W. Bush -- Appalachia.
As Ygleias writes:
You can see why John McCain's principled stand against higher taxes on the wealthy would have a special resonance in this region. Liberals who thought race had something to do with those appeals should be ashamed of themselves.
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Appalachia Only Part Of Country Where McCain Did Better Than Bush
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
Matthew Yglesias points out an interesting New York Times map on the one part of the country where John McCain did significantly better than George W. Bush -- Appalachia.
As Ygleias writes:
You can see why John McCain's principled stand against higher taxes on the wealthy would have a special resonance in this region. Liberals who thought race had something to do with those appeals should be ashamed of themselves.
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Where McCain did well: Poverty, race, and the vote against Obama
The Reaction —
... By Michael J.W. Stickings Via Yglesias, check out this interesting map showing where McCain did well in '08 in relation to Bush in '04. It makes sense that he would do better in Arizona and Alaska, as well as in the Florida panhandle and parts of Georgia (given his military record), but his strength was clearly in that dark-red swathe that, from west to east, begins in Oklahoma, sweeps across Arkansas, Tennessee, and northern Alabama, dipping down into northern and eastern ...
From Jesse to Barack
The Moderate Voice —
... But today, sitting in blood red East Tennessee - part of the “McCain belt” of Upper South states that actually got redder this year - it’s amazing to see a blue state in the distance. And a blue state that I did my little part to canvass. Indeed, the county on the other side of the mountain - Swain County - voted for McCain over Obama by a mere 96 votes; my county went 69% for McCain. It really is different over there. ...
Where McCain Did Well: Poverty, Race, and the Vote against Obama
The Moderate Voice —
Via Yglesias, check out this interesting map showing where McCain did well in ‘08 in relation to Bush in ‘04.
It makes sense that he would do better in Arizona and Alaska, as well as in the Florida panhandle and parts of Georgia (given his military record), but his strength was clearly in that dark-red swathe that, from west to east, begins in Oklahoma, sweeps across Arkansas, Tennessee, and northern Alabama, dipping down into northern and eastern Texas, as well as most of Louisiana, and then moves to the northeast into ...
More Political Expertise In Malkinland
Lawyers, Guns and Money —
... As for Morrissey's claim that racism is no longer a factor in public life, yeah, it sure is an amazing coinky-dink that in the 1960 Apartheid Belt McCain did better than Bush in what was otherwise an abysmal year for Republicans.
