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		By: ken		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ken]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2018 00:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://wthrockmorton.com/2018/11/07/open-forum-post-midterm-election-analysis/#comment-98700&quot;&gt;Headless Unicorn Guy&lt;/a&gt;.

However, your &quot;ocean of red&quot; is deceptive.  While it represents a greater &lt;em&gt;area&lt;/em&gt; it doesn&#039;t represent a greater &lt;em&gt;population&lt;/em&gt; because those rural areas are much less densely populated.   that is why if you look at a map of where Trump won, it looks like it was a &quot;landslide,&quot; but Trump still had over 3 Million less votes than Clinton.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://wthrockmorton.com/2018/11/07/open-forum-post-midterm-election-analysis/#comment-98700">Headless Unicorn Guy</a>.</p>
<p>However, your &#8220;ocean of red&#8221; is deceptive.  While it represents a greater <em>area</em> it doesn&#8217;t represent a greater <em>population</em> because those rural areas are much less densely populated.   that is why if you look at a map of where Trump won, it looks like it was a &#8220;landslide,&#8221; but Trump still had over 3 Million less votes than Clinton.</p>
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		By: Headless Unicorn Guy		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2018 13:39:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://wthrockmorton.com/2018/11/07/open-forum-post-midterm-election-analysis/#comment-98634&quot;&gt;AHH&lt;/a&gt;.

Well, Libertarians (Losertarians?) call any Libertarian being elected third assistant dogcatcher in Petticoat Junction outside Hooterville &quot;The First Of The Great Libertarian Wave Sweeping the Country&quot;...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://wthrockmorton.com/2018/11/07/open-forum-post-midterm-election-analysis/#comment-98634">AHH</a>.</p>
<p>Well, Libertarians (Losertarians?) call any Libertarian being elected third assistant dogcatcher in Petticoat Junction outside Hooterville &#8220;The First Of The Great Libertarian Wave Sweeping the Country&#8221;&#8230;</p>
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		By: Headless Unicorn Guy		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2018 13:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;&quot;It appears the suburban areas of the country rejected Trump and the rural areas moved a little closer to him.&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt;

This repeats the pattern of the 2016 elections, which if you check the county-by-county maps was a pretty clean city-vs-country divide. Urban islands of blue in an ocean of red.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>&#8220;It appears the suburban areas of the country rejected Trump and the rural areas moved a little closer to him.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>This repeats the pattern of the 2016 elections, which if you check the county-by-county maps was a pretty clean city-vs-country divide. Urban islands of blue in an ocean of red.</p>
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		By: Headless Unicorn Guy		</title>
		<link>https://wthrockmorton.com/2018/11/07/open-forum-post-midterm-election-analysis/#comment-98699</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Headless Unicorn Guy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2018 13:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://wthrockmorton.com/2018/11/07/open-forum-post-midterm-election-analysis/#comment-98609&quot;&gt;Vlacka2&lt;/a&gt;.

I once voted for a man named &quot;Swearingen&quot; for state treasurer. After binge-watching &quot;Deadwood&quot; the pun was too good to pass up.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://wthrockmorton.com/2018/11/07/open-forum-post-midterm-election-analysis/#comment-98609">Vlacka2</a>.</p>
<p>I once voted for a man named &#8220;Swearingen&#8221; for state treasurer. After binge-watching &#8220;Deadwood&#8221; the pun was too good to pass up.</p>
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		By: Headless Unicorn Guy		</title>
		<link>https://wthrockmorton.com/2018/11/07/open-forum-post-midterm-election-analysis/#comment-98698</link>

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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2018 13:33:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://wthrockmorton.com/2018/11/07/open-forum-post-midterm-election-analysis/#comment-98612&quot;&gt;Barb&lt;/a&gt;.

They&#039;re two of the Litmus Tests for being Born-Again. He has to virtue-signal his credentials or he&#039;ll get turned into a pile of rocks by today&#039;s &quot;Trump is LORD!&quot; crowd.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://wthrockmorton.com/2018/11/07/open-forum-post-midterm-election-analysis/#comment-98612">Barb</a>.</p>
<p>They&#8217;re two of the Litmus Tests for being Born-Again. He has to virtue-signal his credentials or he&#8217;ll get turned into a pile of rocks by today&#8217;s &#8220;Trump is LORD!&#8221; crowd.</p>
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