Comments on: The view from a Blue State http://www.thebackbench.com/2008/10/the-view-from-a-blue-state/ General interest online magazine Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:23:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Stu http://www.thebackbench.com/2008/10/the-view-from-a-blue-state/#comment-5 Stu Fri, 31 Oct 2008 06:58:52 +0000 http://www.thebackbench.com/2008/10/102/#comment-5 I'm sure there are some Republican supporters on campus, they just don't say anything about it. I can understand why - why needlessly subject yourself to being heckled by a much larger group? A Republican vote in California is as valuable as a Democratic vote in Texas. And remember, campus is filled with worldly college-aged and graduate students, mixed with a fair chunk of international students. Imbue this group with the aura of entrepreneurialism and you have a key Obama demographic: "It's not having experience that counts, it's having judgment." Of course, it's less clear-cut off campus in other parts of California, but the difference is still visible. All in all, I don't see it as any different to the divisions in Australia. The only difference is the state borders don't change here, but the electoral borders in Australia do. I’m sure there are some Republican supporters on campus, they just don’t say anything about it. I can understand why - why needlessly subject yourself to being heckled by a much larger group? A Republican vote in California is as valuable as a Democratic vote in Texas. And remember, campus is filled with worldly college-aged and graduate students, mixed with a fair chunk of international students. Imbue this group with the aura of entrepreneurialism and you have a key Obama demographic: “It’s not having experience that counts, it’s having judgment.”

Of course, it’s less clear-cut off campus in other parts of California, but the difference is still visible. All in all, I don’t see it as any different to the divisions in Australia. The only difference is the state borders don’t change here, but the electoral borders in Australia do.

]]> By: Kev http://www.thebackbench.com/2008/10/the-view-from-a-blue-state/#comment-4 Kev Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:03:09 +0000 http://www.thebackbench.com/2008/10/102/#comment-4 Stu, surely there must be some semblance of Republican support on campus or is it really that clear-cut in America - the liberal elite on the West and East coasts vs the Mid-West conservatives? Also check out this guy - he's a Stanford uni research fellow. Beware the unending expectations of crowds - http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122533157015082889.html Stu, surely there must be some semblance of Republican support on campus or is it really that clear-cut in America - the liberal elite on the West and East coasts vs the Mid-West conservatives?

Also check out this guy - he’s a Stanford uni research fellow. Beware the unending expectations of crowds - http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122533157015082889.html

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