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re: Is Athens really that liberal?
Posted on 2/16/15 at 9:06 am to Switzerland
Posted on 2/16/15 at 9:06 am to Switzerland
A lot of the students (particularly from the N. Metro and South Georgia areas) are very conservative but their permanent addresses are still their parent's houses, so their votes aren't tallied in Athens. The townies, University faculty, and poor minorities all usually vote straight Democrat.
A lot of townies in Athens are part of the music and arts scene, so it's a completely different demographic from Tuscaloosa townies.
A lot of townies in Athens are part of the music and arts scene, so it's a completely different demographic from Tuscaloosa townies.
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Posted on 2/16/15 at 9:07 am to rb
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Are students counted in the census?
Census wants them to be, but that's an ongoing controversy around here. The local government wants students to count themselves here; more population means more money, more power.
The local governments in metro Atlanta prefer students be counted at their parents' house for the same reasons.
In short, the census counts them wherever they choose to be counted.
This post was edited on 2/16/15 at 9:09 am
Posted on 2/16/15 at 9:11 am to Switzerland
There is more at play than just race and age. Indiana, Mississippi, and Arizona had almost identical voting numbers in the last presidential election, but you would be wrong to draw the conclusion that their voting concerns were identical.
Posted on 2/16/15 at 9:13 am to gamecocks22
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making it the second bluest county in the SEC after Richland (USC).
this is more surprising IMO
Not really. Downtown Columbia (any Urban Downtown area)is and always will be very blue. The ultra-conservative Cayce-West Columbia/Lexington areas are all in Lexington County. Richland has a high minority population outside of Columbia in the Hopkins/Lower Richland area, too, which skews left.
For all the hippies in Athens, Columbia is a bigger city and while the surrounding area is very conservative, Richland county is almost 50/50 between black (solid blue) and white (split between blue and red).
Posted on 2/16/15 at 9:15 am to crispyUGA
Irmo seems to be red as a baboon's arse
Posted on 2/16/15 at 9:20 am to Vols&Shaft83
You really seem to enjoy teddy bears, why is this? 
Posted on 2/16/15 at 9:24 am to Vols&Shaft83
Lexington County (Cayce-WC, Lexington, Irmo) is at least 3/4 Red. In the 2010 Gov race, Lexington and Greenville Counties were the last report. Sheheen had 54% of the vote up until that point. It was about an 7 point swing just from those 2 counties, but they're also two of the most solid Republican counties in the state.
Posted on 2/16/15 at 9:27 am to Fastest40
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You really seem to enjoy teddy bears, why is this?
Quit stalking me, alter.
Posted on 2/16/15 at 9:27 am to Switzerland
Good lord, that's embarrassing. Hopefully Conservatives get the White House back in 2016. If not, I'm scared...
Posted on 2/16/15 at 9:30 am to casublett1
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Good lord, that's embarrassing. Hopefully Conservatives get the White House back in 2016. If not, I'm scared...
Elizabeth Warren is who they're likely going up against. If they can't beat that dumb bitch, they don't deserve to win.
Posted on 2/16/15 at 9:33 am to GenesChin
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Not in Auburn.
When I was in school at UGA, Auburn students traveled from Auburn to Athens to participate in some dumb protest. Made me swell with pride to see some AU hippie interviewed in the Red and Black and say something along the lines of "we don't have protests in Auburn, so we drove over to participate here in Athens"
Posted on 2/16/15 at 9:37 am to Pettifogger
I will be voting for Clinton/Biden 
DGAF either because Republicans/Liberals have fricked this country to no end
DGAF either because Republicans/Liberals have fricked this country to no end
Posted on 2/16/15 at 9:39 am to WildTchoupitoulas
Agree
Posted on 2/16/15 at 9:44 am to Fastest40
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I will be voting for Clinton/Biden
You're seemingly in Arkansas, which means your political leanings are just slightly less fricked than people from Iowa.
Posted on 2/16/15 at 9:54 am to Pettifogger
I won't vote because I don't give a frick.
Posted on 2/16/15 at 9:57 am to Vols&Shaft83
Name a positive contribution someone from the republican party has made to the American government in the last 20 years. I will wait....and wait....and wait............
Posted on 2/16/15 at 9:58 am to Fastest40
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Name a positive contribution someone from the republican party has made to the American government in the last 20 years. I will wait....and wait....and wait............
National or state level. I could quite literally do this all day.
Posted on 2/16/15 at 9:59 am to Switzerland
If I were an outsider reading this thread, I would conclude that every stereotype people have of southerners is true. Mainly, that you are racist and just not that bright. Bless your hearts.
Posted on 2/16/15 at 10:01 am to MoreLawdawg
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If I were an outsider reading this thread, I would conclude that every stereotype people have of southerners is true. Mainly, that you are racist and just not that bright. Bless your hearts.
frick spurs
Posted on 2/16/15 at 10:02 am to Pettifogger
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