Wed
Nov 5 2008
03:03 pm
County by county, Tennessee is redder than ever
By: R. Neal

WBIR has an interesting report and map of county by county Tennessee presidential voting.

According to their report, "All but 11 of Tennessee's 95 counties voted at a higher percentage for John McCain in '08 than they did for Pres. Bush in '04."

Most surprising was Scott county, where unemployment is 13% and where both turnout and the margin of vote were higher for McCain than for Bush in 2004.

Joe the Plumber apparently spoke to these voters.

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rocketsquirrel's picture

so we don't have to move to

Submitted by rocketsquirrel on Wed, 2008/11/05 - 3:50pm.

so we don't have to move to Canada...(channeling KAG's opposition to progressives threatening to leave if their candidate doesn't win.)

we just have to move out of state.

KC's picture

It would be nice if it had

Submitted by KC on Wed, 2008/11/05 - 3:57pm.

It would be nice if it had been Joe the Plumber that connected.

Unfortunately, I'm afraid it was more like "Jim-the-Crow" they were thinking about.

After Reconstruction, Tennessee led the way in enacting Jim Crow laws, being the first state to do so in 1881 by segregating railroad coaches.

It was Jim not Joe.

KC's picture

Case in point: I go out to

Submitted by KC on Wed, 2008/11/05 - 6:08pm.

Case in point:

I go out to get my mail today, when kids in a pick up truck drive to the intersection that I live on yelling "F*** Obama! F*** Obama!"

Now, I'm assuming since I live in a part of West Hills that gets a lot of cut through traffic from north of Middle Brook and there around, that these little hairless apes imitating their mommies and daddies are not representative of my neighborhood, since my neighborhood had about as many Obama signs as McCain signs, and I didn't have anyone's sign in my yard.

Perhaps these young'uns will tone it down once they wind up at the State Pen, rather than Penn State.

Justin's picture

Thats why I took off my

Submitted by Justin on Wed, 2008/11/05 - 6:52pm.

Thats why I took off my Obama car magnet today. I don't want my car trashed because of some pissed off McCain voter.

Brian A.'s picture

Look at the second slide

Submitted by Brian A. on Wed, 2008/11/05 - 7:30pm.

Look at the second slide here.

What an awesome time for Tennessee politics!

Brian A.
I'd rather be cycling.

gonzone's picture

Looks like

Submitted by gonzone on Thu, 2008/11/06 - 10:45am.

Looks like Jim Crow territory to me.

"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."
Hunter S. Thompson

sugarfatpie's picture

Trailer belt?

Submitted by sugarfatpie on Thu, 2008/11/06 - 10:52am.

I wonder how that area maps with "american ancestry" as self-identified ancestry on the US census.
Looks like the "trailer belt" to me, but I'm making that term up.
Gary is probably right- it was Jim the Crow not Joe the Plumber who got these votes.

-Sugarfatpie (AKA Alex Pulsipher)

"X-Rays are a hoax."-Lord Kelvin

gonzone's picture

heh

Submitted by gonzone on Thu, 2008/11/06 - 11:01am.

I like the new designator!

the trailer belt moms - Palin's people, with more self respect than the trashy candidate, of course.

"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."
Hunter S. Thompson

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