Look at the electoral vote breakdown (map from Huffington post here) and discuss what social and/or cultural factors may have contributed to the national divide.
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By the way the maps show which way the states went in this election, there are some patterns that come across right away. The first pattern is the Midwest being predominately Romney makes sense as the Republican Party is considered the defender of the faith for conservative Christians. The Midwest has historically been a stronghold of conservatism. The poorer states seemed to fall in line with Obama, which make sense as these states depend on federal aid to keep aid programs going for their poor, elderly and disabled. Most of these states like New Mexico do not have a lot of infrastructure to support themselves outside of the federal government. Of the few poorer states that did not like Virginia and North Carolina, the election was a close race. Attitudes of race still have an effect on the southern states as most of these fell in on the Romney ballot.
In the end it appears that states with large rural populations especially in the Bible belt tended to vote Republican. More densely populated states tended to vote Democrat. I think that this trend is due to city life being a bit more cutthroat than rural life. There are so many social and economic problems that are noticeable in a city, and with the recession still in full swing, people are nervous about their own futures that they voted to stay with the party that is well known for social reform and aid to the people instead of big business.
Crystal Benavides
Looking at the political maps of the US as we'll as Arizona you can see a divide between young voters and older generations, not that that's always the case. Typically areas colored in red , for the Republican Party, are very conservative not only in their political beliefs but in their practices as well. A lot of times these people hold beliefs that government and Religion go hand in hand.
In the blue areas these people have more liberal views on politics. The republican party believes in individual freedom in social issues. A lot of times these blue areas have a large diversity as far as age race and religion. This party favors government funded programs such as minimum wage, senior citizen programs, and health care.
Matthew Martinez
All i have had to do is talk to people and that showed me the divide is more in Washington than with us "Normal" People.But maybe that is because of where and how i was raised that i seem to think this way because i have even asked people from both sides of the isle why do they think this way and why do they or don't approve of this or that.The divide was simple either you appreciate that there is no such thing as black and white anymore,There never was.Obama didn't say it but even i can admit the top players in my state have to be racist or stupid.This map just shows what anyone living in the united states already knows,The people Did what i could not and voted for freedom instead of men who can not even admit fault.Arizona has been red my entire life,And with joe being reelected i doubt that will change.Old or young,Anyone with a brain knows when they are throwing someone else figuratively,Lyrically, or literally under a bus.
From the map it shows that most people from the north middle and southeast have more of a vote towards Romney. The west and northeast have more Obama votes. The reason the votes is divided like this is probably the age with young and elderly groups that were voting.
The maps did not really help of make a lot of sense to me. I don’t know anything about the so called Bible belt until last week I had never heard of the bible belt. By looking at the map I could not tell where all the young or old generations lives so that didn’t help either. What I really don’t understand is how the divide works, to me it seems like the map is more red then blue, but yet blue won. Oh well whatever.
Looking at the map looked like Romney won due to the red states. Bible belt made sense on who they were going to vote for, when discussed in class. I don't follow politics, don't understand it. This is the first time I've seen the debates but why have them and hear people the next day whine and complain about it. The money spent on all that could go to better use.
By looking at this map the first thing I see is a lot of red and say it can’t be, how did Romney win? Then I look at the numbers and feel a lot better. When you look at the map when it’s broken down by county’s it looks even redder what is going on? Then you realize that in most cases but not all where there are larger concentrations of people they are blue. This is even truer when there is a larger concentration of immigrants or people who have family who are immigrants. This being said I believe that the larger populated places with a more diverse culture are more willing to vote for Obama.
Jeremy Taliman
I do not see any type of pattern. My head says that the states are colored red or blue because of the electoral votes. I looked at the overall votes and they were alot closer in the peoples votes than the color or percentage affected on the map (from electoral votes).
This to me is just misleading. I understand that some states are influenced more by religion and national crisis but there is also more red on the map and red still lost.
i think its pretty simple with this election it was all about who won the "minority" and middle class vote. and the most minorities and middle class people are all in the most populated rural , urban areas.
Omg........all I see is blah....blah.....blah......
NOTHING on that list made sense to me! But I did notice that there is a few more blue states than red states on the map. And I'm gonna take a guess that it means that those states states are the ones that voted for Obama. Sigh.............I'm gonna have to take this assignment as a loss!
I agree with Richard Keller,larger populated places with a more diverse culture are more willing to vote for Obama. I know that traditionally we have wanted someone safe,not too "out there" or different from what we define as safe. In the past a conservative,white,republlican or demcrat would do. In our current climate the states are looking for something new, not just "more of the same" obviously more of the same has brought us to ruin! I also acknowledge our population has changed quite a bit, Ive heard it called the "browning of America" as offensive as this may sound the numbers dont lie. I would venture to say the politicians MUST address the needs of the populace.
Evan Redburrow said.
From this political map i automatically assume Romemy won. Until i went more into detail on the election votes. Although arizona jeff flake wins the senate vote. All nine seats in the house of representitive are won over by democratic, yet its a its a win for Romney by ten percent.
When i did look at percent more and more i see Obama win by a landslide. All i recognize was Obama took all coners of the U.S. and only needed a couple swing states which gave him his re-election to office. YES Obama did win much larger populated states which dont seem right on the map but the numbers are there.
From looking at the map, I think the states that Obama won, tend to be more diverse and also the younger generation voting probably helped and the states Romney won, tend to be more conservative. Other that that, I didn't really see an intense pattern but looking at some the numbers percentages, it was definitely close.
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