[extropy-chat] An advance prediction for Tuesday

[Damien Sullivan]

On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 07:27:52PM -0800, Al Brooks wrote:

>    But here's a prediction for the 2008 election: even if a Democrat or
>    Independent wins the executive branch that year, the other branches
>    will remain conservative because the red states dominate the US; how
>    many states are there that are not red? several n. eastern seaboard

Irrevelant to the House, which tracks population; the question is not
how many states are 'red' but how many people live in the 'blue' states.

>    states (NY; NJ; MA; CT; VT; RI) and a few other states scattered

CA, the most populous state in the country.  IL, which is fairly high up
there.  If you go by regions, the usual breakdown is NE and Pacific
Coast vs. South and Plains.

-xx- Damien X-)