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I’ve been aware of the urban-rural divide ever since I read City Mouse-Country Mouse, but this graphic of the last election really put things in perspective:

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Found while reading this post by Ed Stephan at The Carpetbagger, which has some other useful links. And this chart:

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This really seems like the strongest argument I’ve seen yet for eliminating the electoral college, which continues to give rural areas a disproportionate percentage of the vote.

(via Political Animal)

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