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Originally Posted by Azure
Thing is...both sides make that generalization. I hate it too.
Everytime some idiot tells he is is 'proud' to be from a red state I want to punch him in the face.
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It's a generalization that makes no sense no matter how you slice it. But it may be an effect of a political system that gives people only two parties and calls that "choice." I'll say only this about the red state/blue state myth: the real divide in America is urban vs. rural, and what determines red state versus blue states is the extent to which voters in that state live in the city.
Which makes California's referendum on dividing their electoral college votes by congressional district a VERY interesting development. The democrats will oppose it--just as the GOP opposed and opposes the same idea in Colorado. But if both parties agreed to it, it might make for a very different dynamic in American politics. At least it would do away with the idea that there are red states and blue states, which a glance at a detailed electoral map will tell you is nonsense.