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When it comes to politics, the states are hardly united

Whether the topic is abortion, tax policy, marijuana or guns, Democratic “blue” states such as California and Illinois are bound to take a different tack than Republican “red” states such as Georgia and Kansas. …

People in California becoming convinced that those in Tennessee are “crazy” — and vice versa — has fed polarization not only within states but in Washington, where everyone is supposed to get together and work things out. …

Last month, states voted mostly according to their usual patterns — only more so.

At the presidential level, Barack Obama carried the exact set of states he won four years ago, excepting Indiana and North Carolina, which reverted to their usual habit of voting Republican.

While Obama’s margin of victory was less than it was in 2008, the number of states that were decided narrowly (by fewer than 5 percentage points) actually went down. “That means more states are voting heavily for one candidate or another,” The Economist concludes.

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exactly, we are multiple different countries that used to agree on basic core values, so we could stay a “united” collection of states and now thoses core values are no longer agreed upon, which is resulting in a schism that is just making everyone miserable.what is happening now is that you have people who want to keep this country united out of tradition and or power,but neither pervasive political ideology wants to live under the otherones rules. The Blue progressive state are trying to win through the use of immigration they are sending their more progressive minded citizens to the red states and they are protecting more leftist minded illegal aliens all in a effort to gain a insermountable upper-hand against the red states. The Red states are trying to win against the blue state by becoming fiscally and economically reponsible. In a way we are already in a secound civil war, but this one hasn’t risen to the level of armed conflict.

ChunkyLover on December 28, 2012 at 7:33 PM

The Melting Pot vs Multiculturalism, our strife is in our diversity.

Knott Buyinit on December 28, 2012 at 8:13 PM

This kind of polarization is exactly why we need to return to federalism and why it is the primary topic on my blog. I’m sick of Libtards pushing their socialist agenda down my throat.

Charlemagne on December 28, 2012 at 8:25 PM