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Obviously Smeth is right that religoun is not the only source of conservatism, and his McHenry County referrence is wellplaced. There are obviously many other factors as well.
MixedMedia, I wasn't clear in what I was looking for. I was hoping to find something that reflected margin of victory instead of the yes/no. Then again, I don't think I've ever seen that reflected on the chart.
When I compare these two, however, I see some interesting pockets, such as Southern Texas. I would think that there's some other factor driving those folks into voting for Kerry such as a vote AGAINST Bush, but it's hard to tell. Some of the most religious parts of Colorado, which is home to some of the biggest far-right Christians in the world, went for Kerry.
Sometimes I love data points like these.
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