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Interesting Statistics

 

Professor Joseph Olson of Hemline University School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota, points out facts of 2008 Presidential election:

 

Number of States won by:

Democrats: 19

Republicans:  29

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 by Republicans

was  mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of the country.

Democrat territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in government-owned tenements and living off various forms of government welfare.