2008 Presidential Election Facts

Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul , Minnesota , points out some interesting facts concerning the 2008 Presidential election:

* Number of States won by: Democrats: 20; Republicans: 30

* Square miles of land won by: Democrats: 580,000; Republicans: 2,427,000

* Population of counties won by: Democrats: 127 million; Republicans: 143 million

* Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by: Democrats: 13.2; Republicans: 2.1

Professor Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of the territory Republican won was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens. Democrat territory mostly
encompassed those citizens living in rented or government-owned tenements and living off various forms of government welfare..."

Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between the "complacency
and apathy" phase of Professor Tyler's definition of democracy, with some forty
percent of the nation's population already having reached the "governmental
dependency" phase.

Of course there are exceptions, but generally the government welfare dependent and under-informed have voted Democrat for years, yet they are still government welfare dependent and under-informed.