2008 Electorate: Appalachia - Surprisingly Democratic

by: dreaminonempty

Thu Nov 12, 2009 at 08:00

Here's the example from yesterday:  

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If all of Central Appalachia behaved like the rest of the region, we'd expect to see all the points scattered near the line in the graph above.  Instead, the points representing counties in parts of Appalachia go soaring off above 50%.

And Southern Appalachia does its own strange thing too.  More below.