Jesusland

[Samof94]

Remember that map? It has the Bush states except Alaska touching. He is the only winner to win without the Northeast.

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

I remember that hilarious map.

I'm pretty sure that Christians are the majority in every single state, so technically the entire United States of America would be "Jesusland".

[Alcibiades]

In many ways the perfect encapsulation of early-mid 2000s American political discourse.

[darklordoftech]

I remember that hilarious map.

I'm pretty sure that Christians are the majority in every single state, so technically the entire United States of America would be "Jesusland".

“Jesusland” refers specifically to voters who oppose abortion, same-sex marriage, schools teaching about evolution and contraception, etc., not everyone who identifies as “Christian”.

[100% pro-life no matter what]

In many ways the perfect encapsulation of early-mid 2000s American political discourse.

Sometimes, I think I'm misplaced from 2004.

[Chips]

That was funny.

[Motorcity]

The Jesusland map made no sense

It ignored the major cities like Atlanta, Denver, Houston, Nashville, Richmond, etc

It also ignored the vast swathes of rural areas like southern Illinois or eastern Oregon/Washington.

Plus the really close states like Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa, and New Mexico. Voting for someone at 50-49 is not same as wanting a new country

[Chunk Yogurt for President!]

I remember that hilarious map.

I'm pretty sure that Christians are the majority in every single state, so technically the entire United States of America would be "Jesusland".

I think Hawaii is majority non-Christian.

[Samof94]

The Jesusland map made no sense

It ignored the major cities like Atlanta, Denver, Houston, Nashville, Richmond, etc

It also ignored the vast swathes of rural areas like southern Illinois or eastern Oregon/Washington.

Plus the really close states like Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa, and New Mexico. Voting for someone at 50-49 is not same as wanting a new country

Cities did have more GOP voters at the time than today. Partition in 1947 was over much bigger issues related to religion than this.

[Sir Mohamed]

If Kerry actually won the 2004 election, and he could have by flipping just OH, it would perfectly qualify for the "land doesn't vote" megathread. On the map W's victory kind of looks like semi-landslide reelection, though in fact he just barely won the EC, taking 53% of EVs.