how do political scientists help us understand the realities behind the blue and red states?
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Blue States: Snobbish, elitists who think that government is the answer to every question...\n\nRed States: Hard working folks who realize that freedom and limited government are what made this country great.
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I suppose you could research the history of each state - some borders are obvious (rivers), while others are lines of latitude and longitude. Once you get past that, there probably aren't many other reasons.
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sounds complicated.. you need to look up information about what's going on in wyoming(gas, higher education etc)  and then go from there. most people are republican and will be in favor of conservative moves.  realize you have mountains, plains, and bluff areas.
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I prefer to leave it as it is:\n\nRed States vs. Blue States\n\nWith the Blue States in hand, the Democrats have firm control of 80% of the country's fresh water, over 90% of our pineapple and lettuce, 92% of all fresh fruit production, 93% of the artichoke production, 95% of America's export quality wines, 90% of all cheese production, 90% of the high tech industry, most of the U.S. low-sulfur coal, all living redwoods, sequoias and condors, all the Ivy and Seven Sister schools, plus Amherst, Stanford, Berkeley, CalTech and MIT.\n\nWe can live simply but well.\n\nThe Red States, on the other hand, now have to cope with 88% of all obese Americans (and their projected health care cost spike), 92% of all US mosquitoes, 100% of all tornadoes, 90% of all hurricanes, 99% of all Southern Baptists, 100% of all Televangelists, Rush Limbaugh, Bob Jones University, Clemson and the University of Georgia.\n\nA high price to pay for controlling the presidency.\n\nAdditionally, 38% of those in the Red states believe Jonah was actually eaten by a whale, 62% believe life is sacred unless we're discussing the death penalty or gun laws, 44% believe that evolution is just a theory, 53% that Saddam Hussein was involved in 9/11 and, most difficult of all to grasp, 61% believe that Bush is a person of moral conviction!
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our country was as divided as it is today about major issues and at the time geography had alot to do with because of the economy (farming without slaves etc..)  Where as today even in the red/ blue states there we are still to evenly spread out to divide geographically
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The media clouds peoples judgment by planting artificial "facts". Does any of us truely read the reports that decisions are made from. No, we merely listen to views from the media. Politicians are in their business for money as we work for money, not all are good not all are bad. I say drop the party lines and get a more independant politician to present moral views.
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Here's a good site about politics:\n\nhttp://www.politics1.com
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Actually, if you look at the election maps from 2000 and 2004, the states with the highest percentage of welfare recipients are "red" states.
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What you need to do is search out an author named Duncan Watts.  He is an associate professor of sociology at Columbia University and has written a few simple books in the subject.  My favorite, and the one I teach from, is Understanding American Government and Politics (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0719073278 this is the brand new edition).  I highly recommend it for anyone who wants to look past the media and focus on the processes themselves.
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Don't forget that politicians are professional liars, a honest person never run for public office, politician are deceivers, if they say this is red you can bet your life that in fact is blue, that is the reason they run, they spend millions on the election but they know they are going to get that back ten times and more..☺
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Well first, there is an enourmous amount of data to interpret. Then, there's the inter-relationships between the data to correlate (e.g Consumer Price Index, Producer Price Index to other inflationary indicators). All of this analysis is likely done by scientists- and there is some esoteric stuff as well- then the policy advisor takes all this vast information from the scientist and considers economic policy. There are two basic types of policies: monetary and fiscal and usually they try to work in conjunction with one another. \nOverall the economy is comprised of C=Consumer Spending G=Government Spending I=Industry spending X-M (Imports-Exports which is trade).\nSO, economic policites would look at all of the above and set interest rates, or determine whether to advise an increase in government spending, or in some cases, create trade tariffs...\nBut underlying all this policy is obviously intense political pressure.
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Typically political science majors take courses in government, law, lobbying, statistics and history. They also may be required to do internships with a legislator, lobbyist or statistian. By the way the internship is often the best part. You'll learn how things really work and make good contacts.
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political science is government, and that is the road to working politics the rest of your life, benefitual yet difficult!
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Try political Compass. It's an online test
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heh heh heh... clever.\n\nBlue states? So called in tribute to the political blue-balls experienced in every election? (so close, yet so far away...)
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I havent the the URL, but there is a comparrison chart that shows the IQ levels of the "red states" and the "blue states"...you can only guess which ones have the higher IQ...\n\nI have several family members that are republicans, they diddnt vote for him the second time around however because they finally opened their eyes a lil and saw that he is, in fact, a moron.
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ask this question in politics. :)