Most Polarizing State

[Gabu]

You should see our Congressional vote map.



How is that for polarised?

Holy crap, I think Washington wins.

[MissCatholic]

Pennslyvania.

You have some of the best Republican trolls in the state. From nazis, bigots, religious fanatics, real backward people that really need a time machine and let the rest of us get on with making the world a better place and more modern one.

On the flip side you have the far left in the east of Pa that just wants central PA to get a grip with itself and stop going nuts on religion, putting Intelligent design in schools and STOP ELECTING COMPLETE MUPPETS LIKE RICK SANTORUM.

The mentality of a central PA voter is the mentality of Rick Santorum.

'A women sleeping with a women is as bad as a women sleeping with her dog'

[Josh/Devilman88]

Washington.

I remember a few months ago reading that a state senator had called for the state to be split right down the middle; dividing east and west.  The crux of the issue was the contentious Gregoire-Rossi election.  He argued that Eastern Washington and parts of the West voted for Rossi, while King County voted for Gregoire.  The same applies on the presidential level too.

You should see our Congressional vote map.



How is that for polarised?

What year is that?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Washington.

I remember a few months ago reading that a state senator had called for the state to be split right down the middle; dividing east and west.  The crux of the issue was the contentious Gregoire-Rossi election.  He argued that Eastern Washington and parts of the West voted for Rossi, while King County voted for Gregoire.  The same applies on the presidential level too.

You should see our Congressional vote map.



How is that for polarised?

What year is that?

2004. For congressional results.

[Josh/Devilman88]

Washington.

I remember a few months ago reading that a state senator had called for the state to be split right down the middle; dividing east and west.  The crux of the issue was the contentious Gregoire-Rossi election.  He argued that Eastern Washington and parts of the West voted for Rossi, while King County voted for Gregoire.  The same applies on the presidential level too.

You should see our Congressional vote map.



How is that for polarised?

What year is that?

2004. For congressional results.

oh where do you find that at?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

he made it himself.

[Josh/Devilman88]

how did he do that?

[Alcon]

Washington.

I remember a few months ago reading that a state senator had called for the state to be split right down the middle; dividing east and west.  The crux of the issue was the contentious Gregoire-Rossi election.  He argued that Eastern Washington and parts of the West voted for Rossi, while King County voted for Gregoire.  The same applies on the presidential level too.

You should see our Congressional vote map.



How is that for polarised?

What year is that?

2004

[Josh/Devilman88]

Here is NC CD put in to the counties.

[Alcon]

Here is NC CD put in to the counties.

Is that based on individual counties, or just all counties in the Congressional Districts coloured to be the Congressional District's result?

[bgwah]

But to be realistic, Lewis County (in Western Washington) almost never votes Democrat.

[Josh/Devilman88]

Here is NC CD put in to the counties.

Is that based on individual counties, or just all counties in the Congressional Districts coloured to be the Congressional District's result?

Just based on the CD coloured by the CD.. it is more then likely wrong, but this is the only way i knew how to do it....

[Alcon]

Here is NC CD put in to the counties.

Is that based on individual counties, or just all counties in the Congressional Districts coloured to be the Congressional District's result?

Just based on the CD coloured by the CD.. it is more then likely wrong, but this is the only way i knew how to do it....

You can find county breakdowns for the congressional races at the CNN site.  Basically, you just have to add up the counties that are split between congressional districts and just shade in the rest.

[TomC]

I'm going with New Hampshire

[ottermax]

Washington

Even though some Western counties vote Republican (i.e. Lewis, Skagit, Clark) they all are much smaller in population than King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties which are Democratic. Eastern Washington is overwhelmingly Republican, in the last two presidential elections, not a single Eastern Washington county voted for the Democratic candidate. I can't think of any states more polarized (geographically speaking) than Washington.

[Alcon]

Washington

Even though some Western counties vote Republican (i.e. Lewis, Skagit, Clark) they all are much smaller in population than King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties which are Democratic. Eastern Washington is overwhelmingly Republican, in the last two presidential elections, not a single Eastern Washington county voted for the Democratic candidate. I can't think of any states more polarized (geographically speaking) than Washington.

Washington is pretty polarised (especially on the congressional level - all of the counties in the West voted Dem, all in the east voted GOP), but probably not the most polarised (PA comes to mind), although definitely the most geographically polarised if you split down the middle of the state.

[ian]

I'm surprised that no one has said Wisconsin.  That's a big one.

[HardRCafé]

Oregon and then Utah come to mind.

[Nym90]

Looking simply at county results, South Dakota and Texas would be on top, as they both have some of the absolute most Democratic and most Republican counties in the entire country.

If one ignores rural areas and focuses more on higher population centers, it is hard to top Michigan, when one compares Wayne County to Ottawa County.

[phk]

We have Berkeley and FreeRepublic in the same state.

Its California!

[Republican Michigander]

Looking simply at county results, South Dakota and Texas would be on top, as they both have some of the absolute most Democratic and most Republican counties in the entire country.

If one ignores rural areas and focuses more on higher population centers, it is hard to top Michigan, when one compares Wayne County to Ottawa County.

I could probably write a book on Michigan, even SE Michigan alone.

[minionofmidas]

Oh, polarized. That's different.

[Hatman 🍁]

The whole west coast from California up to even British Columbia is polarized between the interior and the coast.

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If one ignores rural areas and focuses more on higher population centers, it is hard to top Michigan, when one compares Wayne County to Ottawa County.

San Francisco and Orange counties, California. That was easy.

[Nym90]

Looking simply at county results, South Dakota and Texas would be on top, as they both have some of the absolute most Democratic and most Republican counties in the entire country.

If one ignores rural areas and focuses more on higher population centers, it is hard to top Michigan, when one compares Wayne County to Ottawa County.

I could probably write a book on Michigan, even SE Michigan alone.

You should do that; I'd buy it.