03-23-2017, 04:03 PM
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Voting rates by state.
Some surprises?
1. Minnesota has a reputation as an ultra-liberal state because it was the only state to vote for Walter Mondale. But Democrats win Minnesota only because of high turnout of the vote. Minnesota would be a Lean R state if it voted at the same rate as Vermont.
2. Among the former-Confederate states, Florida, North Carolina, and Virginia are within the top 17 in voter participation. (#10, #16, and #11, respectively). Others:
Louisiana 29
Georgia 31
Alabama 36
South Carolina 42
Mississippi 43
Arkansas 47
Tennessee 48
Texas 49
Non-voters are heavily Democratic.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.