Red States are growing faster than Blue States

[misle]

Link!

The 10 fastest-growing states ? from No. 1 Nevada to No. 10 New Mexico ? are all in the West and South. President Bush won nine of them in November's election. The exception was Delaware, ranked eighth. The Census Bureau classifies Delaware as a Southern state.

Interesting population shift. Wonder what effect it will have on politics?

And how is Delaware a Southern state?

 

[Darkhawk28]

Originally posted by: misle
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The 10 fastest-growing states ? from No. 1 Nevada to No. 10 New Mexico ? are all in the West and South. President Bush won nine of them in November's election. The exception was Delaware, ranked eighth. The Census Bureau classifies Delaware as a Southern state.

Interesting population shift. Wonder what effect it will have on politics?

And how is Delaware a Southern state?

Shift of "blue" people to the "red" states perhaps? Just a thought.

Edit: Either that or the "red" state people are breeding like rabbits.

 

[maddogchen]

Originally posted by: Darkhawk28

Originally posted by: misle
Link!

The 10 fastest-growing states ? from No. 1 Nevada to No. 10 New Mexico ? are all in the West and South. President Bush won nine of them in November's election. The exception was Delaware, ranked eighth. The Census Bureau classifies Delaware as a Southern state.

Interesting population shift. Wonder what effect it will have on politics?

And how is Delaware a Southern state?

Shift of "blue" people to the "red" states perhaps? Just a thought.

Edit: Either that or the "red" state people are breeding like rabbits.

the article appears to support the shift idea

Massachusetts lost population for the first time in more than a decade.

?California remained by far the most populous state at 35.9 million. Foreign immigration fueled much of its growth in the past year. But California continues to lose more residents to other states than it gains from the rest of the USA.

?Colorado, long one of the top destinations for people leaving California, lost more people to other states than it gained for the second year in a row. But immigration and births pushed its population up 1.2%, to 4.6 million.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: maddogchen

Originally posted by: Darkhawk28

Originally posted by: misle
Link!

The 10 fastest-growing states ? from No. 1 Nevada to No. 10 New Mexico ? are all in the West and South. President Bush won nine of them in November's election. The exception was Delaware, ranked eighth. The Census Bureau classifies Delaware as a Southern state.

Interesting population shift. Wonder what effect it will have on politics?

And how is Delaware a Southern state?

Shift of "blue" people to the "red" states perhaps? Just a thought.

Edit: Either that or the "red" state people are breeding like rabbits.

the article appears to support the shift idea

Massachusetts lost population for the first time in more than a decade.

?California remained by far the most populous state at 35.9 million. Foreign immigration fueled much of its growth in the past year. But California continues to lose more residents to other states than it gains from the rest of the USA.

?Colorado, long one of the top destinations for people leaving California, lost more people to other states than it gained for the second year in a row. But immigration and births pushed its population up 1.2%, to 4.6 million.

Yeah parts of Cali are beginning to look like Third World Countries.

 

[misle]

Yes, it looks like more people are leaving Blue states and moving to Red states. I wonder if it's democrats or republicans leaving those states?

Given that Red States are becoming more populated, that means more Representatives and Electrorial Votes for Red States. This is, of course, assuming that the population shift doesn't shift the state's traditional voting pattern.

 

[piasabird]

Must be all the gays and lesbians getting abortions and not having kids.

You have to have some progenetors to pass on your idealogy to.

Then there was the cutbacks on welfare that Clinton Signed.

 

[ITJunkie]

Originally posted by: Darkhawk28

Originally posted by: misle
Link!

The 10 fastest-growing states ? from No. 1 Nevada to No. 10 New Mexico ? are all in the West and South. President Bush won nine of them in November's election. The exception was Delaware, ranked eighth. The Census Bureau classifies Delaware as a Southern state.

Interesting population shift. Wonder what effect it will have on politics?

And how is Delaware a Southern state?

Shift of "blue" people to the "red" states perhaps? Just a thought.

Edit: Either that or the "red" state people are breeding like rabbits.

Doubtful, probably red states breeding like rabbits. You know..."Go forth and multiply" or something like that

 

[illustri]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Yeah parts of Cali are beginning to look like Third World Countries.

You ever been to a third world country? I was in southeast asia last week. Hyperbole doesn't get your point accross when its STUPID.

 

[ntdz]

Originally posted by: ITJunkie

Originally posted by: Darkhawk28

Originally posted by: misle
Link!

The 10 fastest-growing states ? from No. 1 Nevada to No. 10 New Mexico ? are all in the West and South. President Bush won nine of them in November's election. The exception was Delaware, ranked eighth. The Census Bureau classifies Delaware as a Southern state.

Interesting population shift. Wonder what effect it will have on politics?

And how is Delaware a Southern state?

Shift of "blue" people to the "red" states perhaps? Just a thought.

Edit: Either that or the "red" state people are breeding like rabbits.

Doubtful, probably red states breeding like rabbits. You know..."Go forth and multiply" or something like that

actually, if you read the article you'd see that it was from population shifts.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: ITJunkie

Originally posted by: Darkhawk28

Originally posted by: misle
Link!

The 10 fastest-growing states ? from No. 1 Nevada to No. 10 New Mexico ? are all in the West and South. President Bush won nine of them in November's election. The exception was Delaware, ranked eighth. The Census Bureau classifies Delaware as a Southern state.

Interesting population shift. Wonder what effect it will have on politics?

And how is Delaware a Southern state?

Shift of "blue" people to the "red" states perhaps? Just a thought.

Edit: Either that or the "red" state people are breeding like rabbits.

Doubtful, probably red states breeding like rabbits. You know..."Go forth and multiply" or something like that

Ayup, SUV's loaded with kids in the Church parking lots down here in the South.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: misle

And how is Delaware a Southern state?

Delaware is south of Penn and the same (rough) latitude as Va & MD; relative to the northen border.

During the War Between the states, MD & VA were considered the Confederacy.

 

[Genx87]

Yeah parts of Cali are beginning to look like Third World Countries.

What do you expect when you dont close the border and offer schooling and healthcare to the illegals?

 

[sandorski]

It's a Liberal trick! They had you all thinking they were headed to Canada, then at the last minute they veered off to the Red States. Come next election the US will be awash in a Sea of Blue.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper

Originally posted by: misle

And how is Delaware a Southern state?

Delaware is south of Penn and the same (rough) latitude as Va & MD; relative to the northen border.

During the War Between the states, MD & VA were considered the Confederacy.

It's very clear that History is no longer being taught to the younger generations on here.

None of them have ever heard of the Mason-Dixon line.

No wonder they vote as poorly as they do.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper

Originally posted by: misle

And how is Delaware a Southern state?

Delaware is south of Penn and the same (rough) latitude as Va & MD; relative to the northen border.

During the War Between the states, MD & VA were considered the Confederacy.

It's very clear that History is no longer being taught to the younger generations on here.

None of them have ever heard of the Mason-Dixon line.

No wonder they vote as poorly as they do.

Wrong - Revisionist history is taught :disgust:

 

[Steeplerot]

Good their cities will grow -a diverse and full population only leads to one thing: Blue!
Close your eyes and do it for democracy baby!

 

[Stunt]

Originally posted by: Steeplerot
Good their cities will grow -a diverse and full population only leads to one thing: Blue!
Close your eyes and do it for democracy baby!

It's true, even in the red states the cities were blue.
If these people are moving with a job waiting, they are probably heading to cities.

In the long run i can see this being good for the blues.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: Stunt

Originally posted by: Steeplerot
Good their cities will grow -a diverse and full population only leads to one thing: Blue!
Close your eyes and do it for democracy baby!

It's true, even in the red states the cities were blue.
If these people are moving with a job waiting, they are probably heading to cities.

In the long run i can see this being good for the blues.

But that means the economy is growing. Bad for the anit-Bush crowd.

 

[Stunt]

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper

Originally posted by: Stunt

Originally posted by: Steeplerot
Good their cities will grow -a diverse and full population only leads to one thing: Blue!
Close your eyes and do it for democracy baby!

It's true, even in the red states the cities were blue.
If these people are moving with a job waiting, they are probably heading to cities.

In the long run i can see this being good for the blues.

But that means the economy is growing. Bad for the anit-Bush crowd.

Or all the blues are downsizing as they cannot compete with the subsidies and government handouts the reds get

 

[EagleKeeper]

Red cities do not provide that volume or size of handouts that the blues do.

Look at un-employment compensation as an example.

Also, welfare transfer payments.

People are migrating to the Red because the quality of blue is declining.

 

[burnedout]

Originally posted by: Stunt

Originally posted by: Steeplerot
Good their cities will grow -a diverse and full population only leads to one thing: Blue!
Close your eyes and do it for democracy baby!

It's true, even in the red states the cities were blue.
If these people are moving with a job waiting, they are probably heading to cities.

In the long run i can see this being good for the blues.

Not all the cities in red states were blue.

Mobile, AL, Birmingham, AL, Baton Rouge, LA, Houston, TX, Dallas, TX, San Antonio, TX, Oklahoma City, OK, Tulsa, OK, Omaha, NE, Chatanooga, TN, Knoxville, TN, Lexington, KY, Cincinnati, OH, Salt Lake City, UT, St. Petersburg, FL, to name a few, were all red.

Additionally, consider this:

- Of the ten most populated cities, or places in the USA (ranked in order: 1. New York City, New York; 2. Los Angeles, California; 3. Chicago, Illinois; 4. Houston, Texas; 5. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 6. Phoenix, Arizona; 7. San Diego, California; 8. Dallas, Texas; 9. Detroit, Michigan; 10. San Jose, California), President Bush won the counties where four cities are located. Those cities are highlighted in bold.

- Of the five most populated counties in the USA - Los Angeles County, CA (9,871,506), Cook County, IL (5,351,552), Harris County, TX (3,596,086), Maricopa County, AZ (3,389,260) and Orange County, CA (2,957,766) - President Bush won three - the last three on the list, highlighted in bold.

- President Bush won the most "densely-populated" county in the following states. Please note that the county name preceeds the state.

(Jefferson County), AL, (Maricopa County), AZ, (Pinellas County), FL (Ada County), ID, (Douglas County), NE, (Carson City), NV, (Tulsa County), OK, (Greenville, County), SC, (Dallas County), TX, (Salt Lake County), UT and (Ohio County), WV

This concludes today's 2004 election demography lesson for the day.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Blues bitched for the past 4 years dreaming for the future which never came.

Cycle repeating itself?

 

[glugglug]

Kerry won in New Mexico. This will be more widely known after the recount.
Nevada is questionable as well, but not so certain. And the part of Nevada that is growing (Vegas) is VERY blue.

 

[Steeplerot]

Blue lost in those cities you mention by like what? 1-5% yeah real red. More like very purple. The GOP can't even get their own diebold machines working cheating correctly...
Is there actually a major red city in america? I would guess SLC and OK city.

Edit: My bad harris county TX (Houston you would think would be a bastion of conservatism IMO) was 45%-55% -a real landslide :roll:
Whearas the oldest and most culturally diverse city (San Antonio Remember the Alamo!) is 56%-42% Blue
Give em time the world is a progressivly blue place -it's only a matter of time regardless of the backwards folks dumping these little surprises on humanity from time to time.

 

[burnedout]

Originally posted by: Steeplerot
Blue lost in those cities you mention by like what? 1-5% yeah real red. More like very purple. The GOP can't even get their own diebold machines working cheating correctly...
Is there actually a major red city in america? I would guess SLC and OK city.

Edit: My bad harris county TX (Houston) was 45%-55% -a real landslide :roll:
Whearas the oldest and most culturally diverse city (San Antonio Remember the Alamo!) is 56%-42% Blue
Give em time the world is a progressivly blue place -it's only a matter of time regardless of the backwards folks setting the world back from time to time.

Bexar County, where San Antonio is located, is redder than hell. You got a precinct map to prove your allegation?