Once again, Affordable Family Formation paints the states red or blue
16th January 2009
Steve Sailer is always worth reading. This was done back in November and I put it in my “ponder at leisure” stack; it’s still worth thinking about.
My basic theory is that Democrats do best in states with metropolitan areas where land for homes is scarce because they are hedged in by oceans or Great Lakes; while Republicans do best in inland areas where homebuyers can look around for homes in a 360 degree radius around job sites. I call this the Dirt Gap: Republicans are found more in areas with more dirt and less water.