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People are people. nt ZombieHorde Jun 2013 #1
In 2016 the vast majority of the country will vote for Hillary and will turn blue graham4anything Jun 2013 #2
Stop it. Just stop it! They will not vote for Hilary or any other democrat in the deep south. madinmaryland Jun 2013 #42
the generation is over.Women in record numbers will indeed vote for Hillary in the south. graham4anything Jun 2013 #43
I am a woman. Blue_In_AK Jun 2013 #48
See, you will vote for her in a race vs. Jeb Bush(and I hope the same against anyone repub.) graham4anything Jun 2013 #53
But hopefully it will not be that choice. Blue_In_AK Jun 2013 #68
I live in Oklahoma Floyd_Gondolli Jun 2013 #50
It took a generation just to get to the point LBJ was talking about. We still have another madinmaryland Jun 2013 #57
If Dr. King and LBJ were as pessimistic, we would still be living in 1859 graham4anything Jun 2013 #59
What the hell are you talking about. Wasn't it Abraham Lincoln that moved us into the post-1859 madinmaryland Jun 2013 #61
500 plus electoral vote with 125 million popular votes you mean. graham4anything Jun 2013 #62
You again provide an evenings worth of amusement... madinmaryland Jun 2013 #67
I think many will vote for Hillary. My daughter-in-laws family are dems but they hate southernyankeebelle Jun 2013 #79
Why is that, rrneck? rdharma Jun 2013 #3
Who is "they"? nt rrneck Jun 2013 #4
The red spots on your map. rdharma Jun 2013 #6
Concentrations of poverty. There's a link to the CDC. nt rrneck Jun 2013 #7
I know! nt rdharma Jun 2013 #9
A fine example of what I'm talking about. rrneck Jun 2013 #8
Huh? rdharma Jun 2013 #10
Unfortunately, you're not. nt rrneck Jun 2013 #12
Right To Work WovenGems Jun 2013 #26
This!!!!! get the red out Jun 2013 #28
Exactly! rdharma Jun 2013 #46
Recommended. (nt) NYC_SKP Jun 2013 #5
One thing about FDR; in spite of his wealth he could empathize. Uncle Joe Jun 2013 #11
Just.... WOW alittlelark Jun 2013 #13
"get to work solving problems", OK I'll get right on that, LOL Corruption Inc Jun 2013 #14
+1,000!!! The poor are more likely to fall for the TV brainwashing which displaces their anger, Dustlawyer Jun 2013 #15
the democratic party has abandoned poor people, and I wouldn't exactly call this a liberal website. liberal_at_heart Jun 2013 #16
You got that right. Dawgs Jun 2013 #20
+1 nt rrneck Jun 2013 #25
Amen to both points. n/t QC Jun 2013 #30
Clinton and the Third Way threw the poor under the bus, LuvNewcastle Jun 2013 #33
That's how the GOP likes it BainsBane Jun 2013 #17
Blaming the GOP rrneck Jun 2013 #23
So what are WE doing that causes poverty in the South? ieoeja Jun 2013 #52
I don't have one. rrneck Jun 2013 #55
I love Southerners MannyGoldstein Jun 2013 #18
We can't right now. LuvNewcastle Jun 2013 #34
watch us get rid of Republican rule in VA carolinayellowdog Jun 2013 #49
They do not want our help. geek tragedy Jun 2013 #19
Thanks for lumping all of us together. Dawgs Jun 2013 #21
And mostly Democratic Senators, with the Republicans they do elect geek tragedy Jun 2013 #22
A fine libertarian attitude that. nt rrneck Jun 2013 #24
Sorry, but the Democratic Senators excuse is lame and you know it. Dawgs Jun 2013 #31
Nope JustAnotherGen Jun 2013 #39
yeah, like poor people are voting Texasgal Jun 2013 #66
I can't demand people vote a certain way JustAnotherGen Jun 2013 #27
We're all in the same boat. rrneck Jun 2013 #29
But who started the culture war JustAnotherGen Jun 2013 #32
You're doing good work and goodonya for it. rrneck Jun 2013 #37
I don't think this is condescending JustAnotherGen Jun 2013 #38
Heh. I was raised Southern Baptist. rrneck Jun 2013 #40
I was raised Southern Baptist too! JustAnotherGen Jun 2013 #41
I rail about the 1% as much as anybody and they deserve it. rrneck Jun 2013 #47
It isn't because those states are hording all the money. ieoeja Jun 2013 #54
They obviously aren't doing enough. rrneck Jun 2013 #56
It doesn't tell the whole story JustAnotherGen Jun 2013 #65
I agree. rrneck Jun 2013 #69
I have a question JustAnotherGen Jun 2013 #35
For some of us who were around in the 60s it feels like we have to do it all over again. Or maybe it jwirr Jun 2013 #36
Where conservatives live and actively oppress "the other", poverty reigns supreme SoCalDem Jun 2013 #44
And here I thought we were "one nation ..." Bake Jun 2013 #45
"...probably hailed from a blue state." Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2013 #51
Thank you! Lunacee_2013 Jun 2013 #58
Sounds like your grandma would be pretty cool to hang out with. nt rrneck Jun 2013 #60
Please remember Ronnie Ray Gun DonCoquixote Jun 2013 #63
Very true. Population density figures large in the dynamic. nt rrneck Jun 2013 #64
Virginia is weird on this map: most people rich, most places poor carolinayellowdog Jun 2013 #70
THat map can be overlaid on a number of others MNBrewer Jun 2013 #71
....chewing tobacco.... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2013 #72
I grew up in rural Georgia MNBrewer Jun 2013 #74
A friend of mine had a brother visit from Pascagoula Mississippi,... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2013 #78
How in the world can the counties in SD that comprise Pine Ridge not be deep red? KamaAina Jun 2013 #73
very poor, but very few people, so concentration is low? MNBrewer Jun 2013 #75
But the portion of the Navajo reservation in northeast AZ is dark red KamaAina Jun 2013 #76
WIthout a doubt Pine Ridge is known for poverty. MNBrewer Jun 2013 #77
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