I don't think Hillary should get too excited about Indiana either, the state is almost the same as Missouri demographically except whites are more Republican, meaning blacks take up a higher percentage of the Democratic electorate. Obama probably can't win it, but Hillary's edge in delegates won't be higher than single digits.
Uh... I agree about the Texas stuff, but this makes no sense.
Indiana's whites are more Republican - that's news to me, bucko. Truthfully, Indiana is a lot more like Ohio than Missouri. There's always been a strong industrial/manufacturing base - Missouri has little of that. True, the suburbs around Indianapolis are quite Republican - but the rest of the state - no.
Another important number: Missouri - 11.2% black, Indiana 8.3% black.
Then again, it balences out with more whites being goppers. Therefore, there will be fewer white as well, meaning blacks will probably represent at the same levels....and I don't know how there can be anything more GOPPER than rural Indiana.
Uh... The St. Louis suburbs are not that greatly different from the Indianapolis suburbs in terms of voting habits - and actually in terms of overall votes, the Indianapolis suburbs are simply less overall votes.
If you think rural Indiana is GOP heartland, I'd advise you to start rethinking.
LOL
Just look at the 2004 map!
Maybe around the Ohio River where Bush was kept under 60...but in many places he surged past 70!
Hey, idiot, just because people vote Republican doesn't mean that they're registered Republican. This occurs all over the place, some people haven't updated their voter registration since the 1950s. It's the same reason very Republican counties in northern Florida went for Edwards, old rascist Dixiecrats who now vote Republican going to the voting booth and finding out that they're registered Democrats.
