Uncle Herman Speaks:

[Tamas]

In Soviet Russia, math does you

[Viking]

In Soviet Russia, math does you

In Libertarian America, you don't bother doing math.

[grumbler]

Bah. See, Grumbler, this one successfully trolled me unlike that post by Marty you chided me for responding to the other day.

That Raz is a troll is a self-evident truth.  No need to point it out.  He uses the Yicratic method, but isn't Yi.

[Eddie Teach]

Uh-huh.  And how do the voting numbers come out again...keeping in mind that in the South you don't normally register by party, so you only know who's who each November?

You do in Florida, Louisiana, and North Carolina. In each of those states, there are more registered Democrats than Republicans.

If you want to define anybody who votes for the GOP in the Presidential races as a Republican, then sure, they'd be the majority. But then Berkut is a Democrat. 

[Valmy]

Does something need to be done on the Federal level in this area these days anyway?  I am not so sure we already have laws guaranteeing equal rights and outlawing discrimination based on race and so forth.

[The Brain]

Does something need to be done on the Federal level in this area these days anyway?  I am not so sure we already have laws guaranteeing equal rights and outlawing discrimination based on race and so forth.

Stopping snitching would help.

[Valmy]

Stopping snitching would help.

The Stitches and Walkers Act?

[Razgovory]

Bah. See, Grumbler, this one successfully trolled me unlike that post by Marty you chided me for responding to the other day.

That Raz is a troll is a self-evident truth.  No need to point it out.  He uses the Yicratic method, but isn't Yi.

Aren't you a Herman fanboy or something?  Were you the one who said how impressive he was?

[ulmont]

Uh-huh.  And how do the voting numbers come out again...keeping in mind that in the South you don't normally register by party, so you only know who's who each November?

You do in Florida, Louisiana, and North Carolina. In each of those states, there are more registered Democrats than Republicans.

Yeah, and it becomes clear those numbers don't mean anything.

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      (R) (D)
Florida:  4,012,498 4,562,792
Louisiana  763,266 1,408,535
North Carolina  1,940,177 2,716,913 [/quote]

So, per registration, Democrats in Louisiana would be winning statewide 2:1.  Yet that doesn't happen; quite the opposite.

[Viking]

dixiecrat =/= democrat

[Admiral Yi]

Well, he specifically did not do the math.

What math?  I don't know what you're talking about.

[MadImmortalMan]

Well, he specifically did not do the math.

What math?  I don't know what you're talking about.

Meth.

[Viking]

Well, he specifically did not do the math.

What math?  I don't know what you're talking about.

He referred to some mitigating factors. He just implied that these mitigating factors were sufficient to make up the difference. He did not do the math (with publicly available statistics) to demonstrate that the mitigating factors were actually sufficient to make up the difference.

[The Minsky Moment]

Aren't you a Herman fanboy or something?  Were you the one who said how impressive he was?

he does have the most impressive resume of any non-Mormon candidate.

[Eddie Teach]

Yeah, and it becomes clear those numbers don't mean anything.

They mean more people think of themselves as Democrats than Republicans, voting record be damned.

However, my contention doesn't go that far. I'd agree that Republicans have a plurality of voters in the South. But not a majority. Independents form the balance here same as everywhere else.