most conservative state in America per Gallup. 53% of residents identify themselves as conservative. Add that to the highest infant mortality rate and you have the right wing trifecta that is the magnolia state.

Quote:The state has the highest proportion of African Americans in the nation. Recently, the African-American percentage of population has begun to increase due mainly to a higher birth rate than the state average. Due to patterns of settlement, in many of Mississippi's public school districts, a majority of students are of African descent.[31] African Americans are the majority ethnic group in the northwestern Yazoo Delta and the southwestern and the central parts of the state, chiefly areas where the group owned land as farmers or worked on cotton plantations and farms

Quote:The 2000 United States census counted 4,774 same-sex unmarried-partner households in Mississippi.[37][38] Of these, 2,251 are male partner households and 2,523 are female partner households. 41% contained at least one child. South Dakota and Utah were the only other states in which 40 percent or more of same-sex couple households had at least one child living in the household.[38] Mississippi has the largest percentage of African-American same-sex couples among total households. The state capital, Jackson, ranks tenth in the nation in concentration of African-American same-sex couples. The state ranks fifth in the nation in the percentage of Hispanic same-sex couples among all Hispanic households and ninth in the highest concentration of same-sex couples who are seniors

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi#Demographics

Why do you hate gay black people?

Or gay people.

I don't see color, the only reason I know I'm white is because people tell me

(03-02-2011 11:51 AM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:  I don't see color, the only reason I know I'm white is because people tell me

Uhm, now I have a mental image of Mr. Peanut as Kim from RHoA in crackerjacks. HAHAHAHA.

(03-02-2011 11:51 AM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:  I don't see color, the only reason I know I'm white is because people tell me

Do you see poverty?

Apparently I would if I traveled a conservative state.

(03-02-2011 01:26 PM)HuskieFan84 Wrote:  Apparently I would if I traveled a conservative state.

Michigan is conservative? All those conservative policies really screwed Detroit over..

(03-02-2011 01:26 PM)HuskieFan84 Wrote:  Apparently I would if I traveled a conservative state.

I wonder why everyone is fleeing the liberal states for conservative ones. . .

And making the Conservative states more liberal.

(03-02-2011 01:38 PM)Raider_ATO Wrote:  

(03-02-2011 01:26 PM)HuskieFan84 Wrote:  Apparently I would if I traveled a conservative state.

I wonder why everyone is fleeing the liberal states for conservative ones. . .

Weather.

(03-02-2011 01:49 PM)CountryRedHawk Wrote:  And making the Conservative states more liberal.

So you admit that liberalism is like a disease?

(03-02-2011 01:54 PM)RobertN Wrote:  

(03-02-2011 01:38 PM)Raider_ATO Wrote:  

(03-02-2011 01:26 PM)HuskieFan84 Wrote:  Apparently I would if I traveled a conservative state.

I wonder why everyone is fleeing the liberal states for conservative ones. . .

Weather.

Yeah, WEATHER is the problem with California.

(03-02-2011 11:51 AM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:  I don't see color, the only reason I know I'm white is because people tell me

By people, you mean, your mother?

(03-02-2011 01:56 PM)BlazerFan11 Wrote:  

(03-02-2011 01:49 PM)CountryRedHawk Wrote:  And making the Conservative states more liberal.

So you admit that liberalism is like a disease?

Wow.... you are so far off the deepend, I'd be afraid of getting stuck in the damn pool drain, if I were you.

No, liberalism is not a disease. Not unless being a NeoCon is. (don't start casting stones in a glass house!)

As for the population increase. Off the top of my head I would guess retirement. Once people retire they look for a warmer and cheaper place. I would also guess an influx of immigrants to the south would increase their numbers too.

(03-02-2011 02:02 PM)Machiavelli Wrote:  As for the population increase. Off the top of my head I would guess retirement. Once people retire they look for a warmer and cheaper place. I would also guess an influx of immigrants to the south would increase their numbers too.

That's part of it. But a lot has to do w/ the decline of manufacturing in the northern/midwest states.

There are some definite demographics shifts going on. What that means in terms of political perspective isn't obvious to me. With one exception: it looks like an opportunity for gov't growth, regardless of which major party gets elected. :(

(03-02-2011 02:05 PM)DrTorch Wrote:  

(03-02-2011 02:02 PM)Machiavelli Wrote:  As for the population increase. Off the top of my head I would guess retirement. Once people retire they look for a warmer and cheaper place. I would also guess an influx of immigrants to the south would increase their numbers too.

That's part of it. But a lot has to do w/ the decline of manufacturing in the northern/midwest states.

There are some definite demographics shifts going on. What that means in terms of political perspective isn't obvious to me. With one exception: it looks like an opportunity for gov't growth, regardless of which major party gets elected. :(

Washington state used to be a conservative place to live until the liberal Californians with their fat wallets moved there. In 20 years they turned Washington state into one of the most liberal states in the country. They are now working on Idaho and Montana.

(03-02-2011 02:00 PM)CountryRedHawk Wrote:  

(03-02-2011 01:56 PM)BlazerFan11 Wrote:  

(03-02-2011 01:49 PM)CountryRedHawk Wrote:  And making the Conservative states more liberal.

So you admit that liberalism is like a disease?

Wow.... you are so far off the deepend, I'd be afraid of getting stuck in the damn pool drain, if I were you.

No, liberalism is not a disease. Not unless being a NeoCon is. (don't start casting stones in a glass house!)

Shows how much you know if you think I'm a Neo-Con.

I don't know you. I just know what you keep insinuating. And I'm about as moderate as they come on here....