California's problems started long before the present democratic governor ever took office. I believe there was an "Arnold" in there somewhere as well.
Republicans sure don't give any democrat much of an opportunity to clean up messes they had a huge part in making, do you. We see that all the way to the top. Go figure.
California has an unemployment rate over 10 percent. Is this an example of liberal policies at work?
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Keep in mind, NJ, DC, Rhode Island all have unemployment well above the national average, and all of those states have liberal or democratic state governments.
9 of the 10 states with the lowest unemployment rates are Red states.
9 of the 10 states with the lowest unemployment rates are Red states.
- States under Democratic control saw an average decrease of 7.7% in the rate of unemployment
- States under Republican control saw an average decrease of 15.3% in the rate of unemployment, virtually double the improvement of states under Democratic control
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Sissy 2012/07/14 15:07:29
Your stats come from where? All you are is trying to divide the country with your nonsense. Why aren't you sticking up for California with some crap about illegal workers? That would be along your Right Wingnut talking points.
Let's put it this way --- So unemployment is high across the country and what are we as US citizens going to do about it? Please don't answer with vote Mittens or for Obama or Paul.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?...
We are in the shape we are because of the banks fleecing America, bringing down the economy.
Wall street and the banks have fleeced America to point of economic disaster. That's why the unemployment is in the toilet, or havent you been paying attention to what's going on!!!!
or they have no idea how to create jobs !
likely some of both !
The easiest thing to notice, when you take off froth-at-the-mouth partisan blinders, is that the states with really large cities are the ones with the higher unemployment rates. Actually, the ones with the larger populations tend to have higher unemployment rates in general.
Look at the three states with the lowest three rates: North Dakota, Nebraska, and South Dakota. None are very populous.
On the other hand, look at the ten largest states, and their unemploment rates: only three have rates lower than 8.0. Conservatives can cheer that Texas is one of them, at 6.9%... of course they might not be as happy that Georgia and North Carolina are not (the rate in conservative North Carolina is one the worst in the country).
Looking at the lowest eleven rates (not counting Washington D.C. because it is a city not a state, there is a tie for 10th place between three states): there are 5 blue states in this bunch, 4 red states, and two purple states...
The easiest thing to notice, when you take off froth-at-the-mouth partisan blinders, is that the states with really large cities are the ones with the higher unemployment rates. Actually, the ones with the larger populations tend to have higher unemployment rates in general.
Look at the three states with the lowest three rates: North Dakota, Nebraska, and South Dakota. None are very populous.
On the other hand, look at the ten largest states, and their unemploment rates: only three have rates lower than 8.0. Conservatives can cheer that Texas is one of them, at 6.9%... of course they might not be as happy that Georgia and North Carolina are not (the rate in conservative North Carolina is one the worst in the country).
Looking at the lowest eleven rates (not counting Washington D.C. because it is a city not a state, there is a tie for 10th place between three states): there are 5 blue states in this bunch, 4 red states, and two purple states. Not exactly a resounding defeat for liberals OR conservatives.
But wait! Of those 11 states, we have 7 of the most largest 11 states. Clearly, the trend is this: states with large populations -- whether red or blue or purple -- are more likely to have higher unemployment rates.
The moral of this story is that you should not simply trust authors on SodaHead to give you accurate facts or reasonable interpretation of facts. You should look them up yourself.
California IS liberal, though it is nowhere near the most liberal in the country. Many states in New England are far more liberal than California.
Looking at *current governors* as an indicator of the political leanings of a state is pretty odd. If we went by that standard, Kentucky and Arkansas would become blue, and Pennsylvania and New Jersey would be red. Some pundits feel Pennsylvania is competitive in the upcoming election, but none would classify it as purple, let alone red, and nobody would call Arkansas a bastion of the Democratic Party.
On the other hand, its demographics may be changing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
http://2012.talkingpointsmemo...
I will look again at other sources -- maybe some are giving a new look.
Liberals don't ridicule the Northern Mountain states so often, though -- I think those states have a sort of romantic appeal (the big, open country and so forth).
When I was in San Antonio, though, I found most of the locals to be reasonably friendly and nice. We didn't talk politics, but we got along.