rural/urban political differences

[slam]

by far, most of the country (land wise) is Red. and yet, the urban centers, which have most of the people, are Blue.

http://www.princeton.edu/~rvdb/JAVA/election2004/
(follow this link for some neato maps)

excepting the deep south, americas urban lands are crazy left-wing bleeding-heart liberals. an "Urban Archipelago" of democratic cities surrounded by seas of red.

what causes the difference?

is it the diversity inherent in cities? the in-your-face poverty? or, perhaps less obvious, the in-your-face wealth? will our country become more and more democratic as the urban populations soar far above the rural ones? should we just get rid of the senate and let the states with giant populations run the show? :hurray:

[hotfoot]

these days, mo'fuckers who're liberal are moving to cities. i could guess why, but i'll wait a second. the old reasons--union presence, etc.--don't mean shit. basically cities are a bunch a brown/black dudes and people who wanna be around them. this=blue ciy.

i eagerly anticipate living in an all-white neighborhood.

[larryhead]

Draw your own conclusions:
http://sensoryoverload.typepad.com/sensory_overload/2004/11/free_states_vs_.html

[JVO]

I mostly agree with Hotfoot (all though I may have worded it differently). Also Republicans are traditionally much better to farmers. Also people who live in rural areas are much more interested in local government making decisions than State/Federal. This also plays into the hands of Republicans. Another thing, Rural people are far more likely to go to church than city people, and Rural people tend to believe that there should be no hand outs and that hard work is the key to success...again a rep. standpoint. Mostly though, I gotta think it is because hardly any minority people live in rural areas, except out West and Hispanics are as likely to vote Rep as Dem.