"thunder" wrote in message
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On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 17:37:39 +0000, NOYB wrote:


R Hawaii 2.7%
R Vermont 3.1%
R North Dakota 3.5%
D New Hampshire 3.6%
D Virginia 3.6%
R Idaho 3.9%
D New Jersey 3.9%
R Florida 4.0%
R Nebraska 4.0%
R Nevada 4.0%
R South Dakota 4.0%
D Wyoming 4.0%
D Delaware 4.1%
R Maryland 4.2%
R Minnesota 4.3%
R Alabama 4.4%
D Montana 4.5%
D Oklahoma 4.5%
R Rhode Island 4.5%
D West Virginia 4.5%
D Wisconsin 4.7%
D Arizona 4.8%
R Indiana 4.8%
D Iowa 4.8%
R Massachusetts 4.8%
D Pennsylvania 4.8%
R Utah 4.9%
R Arkansas 5.0%
D Maine 5.0%
R New York 5.0%
D North Carolina 5.1%
R Georgia 5.2%
R California 5.3%
R Colorado 5.3%
R Connecticut 5.3%
D Kansas 5.3%
D Louisiana 5.4%
R Texas 5.5%
R Missouri 5.6%
R Kentucky 5.7%
D Washington 5.7%
D Illinois 6.8%
D New Mexico 6.0%
R Ohio 6.1%
D Tennessee 6.2%
R South Carolina 6.3%
R Alaska 6.4%
D Oregon 6.5%
D Michigan 7.1%
R Mississippi 7.1%


So the Democrats control the Governor's house in 60% of the 10 states
with
the worst unemployment numbers, and in only 30% of the 10 states with the
best unemployment numbers.

LOL. Not that fast. There aren't 10 states with the worst unemployment,
nor 10 states with the best. Don't forget the ties

Huh? Just because there's a tie, doesn't mean that there aren't 10 at the
bottom and 10 at the top.

Of the ten at the bottom, 6 are Democrat-controlled.
Of the ten at the top, 7 are Republican-controlled.

then figure in 28 of
the Governors are Republicans, 22 are Democrats.

So then if it were truly balanced, the dems should make up roughly 40% of
the top 10, and 40% of the bottom ten...but that's not the case. They make
up only 30% of the top 10, and a whopping 60% of the bottom 10!



That doesn't sound "evenly balanced" to me. That's a huge disproportion
skewed against the Dems.

Didn't like the link that showed the economy runs better under a Democrat
President? Here, read another:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2005Apr1.html


The link was not relevant to the question I posed. I asked about
unemployment rates relative to which party controlled the governor's house.
When you compare Presidential administrations, you're not comparing apples
to apples since you're comparing two completely separate periods of time.
There are too many factors to consider when comparing the time periods of
two different Presidents. Technologies change. Oil Prices change. World
economic conditions change. Wars cause change. With the governor
comparison, you're comparing head to head while each is in power at the same
exact time period...under the same economic conditions at the federal level.