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In reply to the discussion: CNN responds to tRump's meltdown. [View all]flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)the population in those tiny blue areas is bigger than all those big red areas. If you look at a map of how Oregon voted in the last election, for example, you'd think the place was crawling with Republicans. But most of the population is concentrated in the bigger cities, which are predominantly Democratic strongholds. The same is true in CA and NY and many other states with highest population in the US. In small states like the Dakota's there are a majority of Republicans but again, the total population of those states is very small.
So when you see all that red on a US map, think about how many people live in those blue areas compared to red ones.
What's interesting to me is how many Democrats are highly concentrated along the east and west coasts. Maybe something about the ocean makes people more calm and rational?