LMK5 said:
sycasey said:
LMK5 said:
sycasey said:
LMK5 said:
sycasey said:
LMK5 said:
the majority of the states on the graph are firmly Democrat.
They are? Please name which ones are "firmly Democrat." Since there are 9 states listed (excluding DC) you need five.
Only 3 on the list have Republican leadership at this time.
Except the chart shows data from 1978-2018 so leadership at this time doesn't mean s***.
We can slice and dice all we want sycasey, but I think it's fair to say that the reputation for corruption--and well deserved--is in the heavily unionized and Democrat urban centers. It's just part of life there.
So now your argument rests on some kind vague "reputation" and not actual data. Got it.
No my friend. You asked how many were Democrat and I pointed out that only 3 were Republican (out of a list of 10). That really bothered you, so you tried to nullify it by saying that leadership doesn't mean "s***" because of the timeline. Naturally, you didn't include in your post exactly what does give meaning to the data.
Just so we're clear, you are the one who selected that data and have failed to provide any analytical justification for it. The rest of us understand that you don't really read for content and just skim things so you can throw an R or D label at it, but you should really recall that it was your data to begin with.
Since the data goes through 2018, in your simplistic worldview we should really just look at which states had republican governors on 1/1/18 in addition to TN, GA and OH: Bruce Rauner in IL and Chris Christie in NJ. So that gives 5 R governors to 4 D governors.
And DC is where Trump's federal government sits so either exclude it entirely or lump it into your R category. With DC, you're at 6 Rs (gasp, 50% more than the Ds).
Obviously this is an absurd argument to begin with, but if you are going to make absurd arguments (which based on your history seems to be your preference), at least try to follow through with it).