The San Andreas Fault isn’t the only defining coastal fracture zone in California. Check out the demographic depiction below. Is it something in the seawater that makes coastal residents politically stupid? Thank God that some of us are immune to whatever might be causing the insanity, even though we are only a few miles from the beach.
Excerpt from the Sacramento Bee:
California – Voters reveal true colors: Coastal blue, inland red – sacbee.com
It may not be a seismic split akin to the San Andreas Fault. But politically, it may as well be.California is increasingly divided between a coastal “blue” state and an inland “red” state, according to a recent study by the Field Poll on state election trends.
And Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger may want to think twice about spending too much time campaigning among his Hollywood friends. The study suggests he might first work to shore up his Republican base throughout much of the Central Valley.
Coastal voters – in 20 counties from San Diego to Del Norte – favor Democratic candidates by sweeping margins. Meanwhile, California’s 38 inland counties overwhelmingly favor Republicans, according to the Field study, which analyzed 15 years of state political trends.
The coastal-inland divide was demonstrated in the 2004 presidential election, when Democratic candidate John Kerry outpolled President Bush, 59 percent to 40 percent, among coastal voters while Bush led, 57 percent to 42 percent, among inland voters.
Differences between coastal and inland voters don’t end at the ballot box, the study found.
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Read the entire article for some interesting demographics. Also, see the expanded graphic page.