Comments on: Big city Barack http://redbluerichpoor.com/blog/2008/11/big-city-barack/ Why Americans Vote the Way they Do Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:59:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: bullfighter http://redbluerichpoor.com/blog/2008/11/big-city-barack/comment-page-1/#comment-1257 bullfighter Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:29:10 +0000 http://redbluerichpoor.com/blog/?p=256#comment-1257 County size varies by region, at least as far as counties outside big metro areas are concerned. For example, Midwestern states tend to have a lot of counties and therefore low population per county. This will not affect counties with populations of, say, 250k and up, but it will be important for the points around the middle of your graphs. Your breakdown by region is thus an important refinement, but I am not sure that the systematic variation in county size corresponds closely to the four standard geographic regions. County size varies by region, at least as far as counties outside big metro areas are concerned. For example, Midwestern states tend to have a lot of counties and therefore low population per county. This will not affect counties with populations of, say, 250k and up, but it will be important for the points around the middle of your graphs.

Your breakdown by region is thus an important refinement, but I am not sure that the systematic variation in county size corresponds closely to the four standard geographic regions.

]]> By: Bill Ricker http://redbluerichpoor.com/blog/2008/11/big-city-barack/comment-page-1/#comment-1118 Bill Ricker Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:05:58 +0000 http://redbluerichpoor.com/blog/?p=256#comment-1118 How does this and your just prior couty analyses fit with The Big Sort thesis? Is there any way to separate the transhumanant component, change in county returns due to population shift / demographic change, from personal or national opinion? How does this and your just prior couty analyses fit with The Big Sort thesis? Is there any way to separate the transhumanant component, change in county returns due to population shift / demographic change, from personal or national opinion?

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