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November 03, 2004
European blues?
Quick thought before I leave. Looking at the red-and-blue election map, one thing stands out: the closer the state to Europe geographically, the closer it is to Europe politically.
In general, the Northeast strikes me as closer to Europe and more European (especially in terms of voting) than anywhere else in the United States. Obviously, there are a lot of reasons for this, but I think one is that America is a pioneer culture. The immigrants who were more possessed of the pioneer sprit tended to get further away from the ships that brought them and the big cities of the East. The ones who stayed tended to be more Eurocentric in their thinking. Not that "how far from the boat" the people traveled completely settles the question, and I know people will cite the West Coast as an example. Say what you want about California, but how many people think Arnold Schwarzenegger could have been elected governor of a Northeastern state? UPDATE: Much as I think my point is valid, in general I dislike generalities! And in view of the fact that both President Bush and Senator Kerry have both just stressed the need for unity, I would remind everyone of something that's pretty much common sense: the vast majority of the population lives in states which are for the most part varying shades of purple. Anyway, here's the 2000 electoral map, colorized by county:
posted by Eric on 11.03.04 at 11:46 AM
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I concur ... Very astute observations. I grew up in Western Pioneer State X and now live in the urban Northeast. There is definitely an Olde World flavor here that did not exist out there. But as I mentioned before, I think demographic changes on the horizon are going to sweep these old differences away, as our nation becomes more and more oriented toward Latin America in language and culture. bink · November 3, 2004 04:09 PM Arnold Harris of Mt. Horeb, WI (my favorite commenter in Dean's World), summarized Latin American culture thusly: "Marianism, machismo, and manana." The _style_ of that. Most interesting. Marianism (worship of the Female). Machismo (worship of the Male). Manana (procrastination?). The first two, good. But the third -- hmmm.... I'm _too_ good at _ that_. That's not the "Faustian" spirit that got us to the Moon. Perhaps (the United States of) America's own Will to Power will counter that latter tendency. Steven Malcolm Anderson (Cato the Elder) the Lesbian-worshipping man's-man-admiring Zionist fascist · November 4, 2004 12:13 AM nice site, was glade to see it... steff sine · November 16, 2004 05:49 PM Nice work. Dave · November 19, 2004 04:06 PM |
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Profound observations, as usual. I was thinking just that as I went to bed last night. This election, on the Presidential level, was a decision on whether America would choose to sink with the rest of Europe or to keep our heads above the water a little while longer. It looks like, as far as our military strength is concerned, the majority of the American people have made the right choice. The majority of the American people have rendered their verdict: America is "not guilty". We have a moral right to fight for our survival as a free nation. That's good.
I hope so. I hope it stays that way for at least the next four years. I hope we will be spared another round of chad-counting.
As to other issues, on the state levels particularly: The majority of the American people have rendered their verdicts. I shall check for details as to the nature of those verdicts, and then I shall come back and render my own verdict on the majority of the American people.
"Judge -- and prepare to be judged."
-Ayn Rand