Kevin Wayne Williams wrote:
> Declan Murphy wrote:
>> Thanks. One last question (the keg only has about 1 pint left), why 
>> are the Republican states "red" and the Democrats "blue". Why aren't 
>> the screaming lefties "red"?
>>
>>
> No idea on that question, but one thing may not be obvious: there are 
> very few states that would look blue if mapped on a county-by-county 
> basis. The counties that voted for Kerry hug the coasts and the banks of 
> the Mississippi river. For example, California went for Kerry, but any 
> county that didn't have a coast or border a coastal county went for Bush.

Yup. Check out this map:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/vote2004/countymap.htm

Not noticeably different from the 2000 map.

-- 
Kevin
"This is the best election night in history."--Democratic National 
Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe, Nov. 2, 2004, just before 8 p.m. EST