Swing Counties: Places to Watch in the Future
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Second Term Hell: Obama’s Dante Days
by David J Dent
Every US President should visit a BlackJack table in Atlantic City sometime in the first term. It should happen just as they are in the middle of those Dreams From Your Ego, which promise bright new …
Drone Filibuster Overtaken by Guns in Colorado
by David J Dent
Colorado hardly appeared to be drone-obsessed this week, which may seem odd if you consider the state’s Libertarian heritage; the Libertarian Party was actually founded in Westminster, Colorado in 1971. You may also have heard friends …
Will Pot Save a Bush-Obama County from the Sequester’s Impact?
They have nothing to fear in the sequester. After all, they have marijuana and much experience with the perils of poverty. Residents in California’s Trinity County are accustomed to economic doom coupled with the promise of pot. “Here we used …
Revenge of the Liberals in Bush-Obama America
by David J Dent
Ann Coulter is a white Crystal Wright. I met Crystal more than ten years ago when I interviewed her for my book, In Search of Black America. She is still sharp and beautiful even though …
GOP Tries to Recover in Bush-Obama America
by David J Dent and Alexey Novikov
Republicans in swing counties are struggling to recover. Many closely watched the President’s State of the Union and the responses, searching for something to use in their battle to stave off the predictions …
The Debate Over Gun Control Rages On In Bush-Obama America
Houston
http://www.houstonianonline.com/news/gun-control-debate-sparks-at-sga-forum-1.2810450#.UR0oox04vE0
http://www.kens5.com/news/Texas-AG-Ted-Nugent-defend-guns-on-Piers-Morgan-Tonight-189834221.html
http://www.khou.com/news/texas-news/188199551.html
General Texas
http://online.wsj.com/article/AP97dc2bc357df483095ed76e0568f6b5f.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brandon-friedman/texas-mayors-gun-control-rick-perry_b_2523814.html
Dallas
http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/02/07/4608264/perry-abbott-tell-residents-of.html
http://houston.cbslocal.com/2013/01/23/texas-sheriff-not-all-of-obamas-gun-control-violates-rights/
Colorado
http://www.9news.com/news/article/317084/339/Dems-poised-to-expand-gun-checks-in-CO
http://durangoherald.com/article/20130213/NEWS01/130219805/-1/s
http://www.gazette.com/articles/expect-150966-thursday-high.html
http://dailycaller.com/2013/01/18/colorado-sheriff-wont-enforce-unconstitutional-gun-laws/
http://www.examiner.com/article/colorado-sheriff-joins-other-lawmen-not-enforcing-obama-gun-control
http://kdvr.com/2013/01/22/poll-55-percent-of-coloradans-favor-stricter-gun-laws/
San Diego
http://fox5sandiego.com/2013/01/15/police-chiefs-back-presidents-gun-control-plans/#axzz2KtxW2fWf
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/feb/06/ap-sources-house-dems-offer-own-gun-control-plan/
http://www.760kfmb.com/story/20975025/obama-tries-to-unify-senate-democrats
http://fox5sandiego.com/2013/01/15/chula-vista-supports-gun-control-legislation/#axzz2KtxW2fWf
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/jan/16/local-voice-gun-control/
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/feb/11/giffords-group-starts-airing-gun-control-tv-ad/
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/feb/08/gun-control-san-diego-santana-sandy-hook-opinions/
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/feb/14/5500-attend-connecticut-gun-control-rally/…
Reaction to President’s State of the Union in Florida Bush-Obama County: Hillsborough County, Florida
http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/editorials/obama-too-sketchy-on-looming-crisis/1275011
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Views From The Lone Star State’s Bush-Obama Counties
Reaction to the State of the Union
The Lone Star State: Reaction to President’s State of the Union in Bush Obama Texas Counties
Texas politicians respond to Obama’s State of the Union
Boehner voices skepticism on budget prospects
Romney Logic: Gifts? Bush-Obama County Results
Final Results from Bush-Obama counties in Swing States,Compared to 2008
Results for Swing Counties
Triumph of Truth In Ohio
by David J Dent
This election is historic for reasons so far beyond the obvious–first black President’s re-election to a second term. Ohio voters, in particular, set a standard of electoral intelligence. They said NO to the Swift Boat
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A Divide So Close In Bush-Obama America
Alix Love and Nate Wallace are engaged to be married. They are also business partners. They own Nate the Gate Access Controls, which provides security gate installation, maintenance and repair in Hillsborough, the biggest swing county in Florida. It is …
Bush-Obama Perspectives: Hillsborough County, Florida
By Jaclyn Ambrecht
Brightly colored mansions with manicured lawns line Bayshore Boulevard in South Tampa while only a few blocks over, past Gandy Boulevard, bungalows with chipping paint emerge through low hanging palm trees. Residents from both sides of the
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Bush-Obama Perspectives
The View from Loudoun, One of the Nation’s Wealthiest Counties
“When I got here some 20 years ago, the place was unabashedly, and with a long history, Republican, “ says Dan Morrow, publisher of the Middleburg Eccentric, a community newspaper …
Beyond the Convention Pageantry
The electorate’s memories of Charlotte—Michelle Obama, Bill Clinton, Joe Biden, and President Obama himself—may be as lasting as the empty chair next to Clint Eastwood in Tampa in the previous week. What a show! From the Democratic perspective, too bad …
The Republican Olympics at The USS Wisconsin
by David J Dent
The Republican Olympics: Virginia Governor Bob McDonnel introduced Mitt Romney, hailing the moment as the time for a “Reagan-Romney” vision. Why did he have to go so far back in the Republican presidential pile up for …
Thinking About the Decision
Uninsured in Bush-Obama America
Mike Napolitano isn’t a citizen of Bush-Obama America. He’s a left-leaning New Yorker and the systems coordinator for the journalism department at NYU. Our water cooler conversations often drift into the election. On Thursday, he knew …
Is Henrico, VA too Close to Ground Zero for a Mosque?
by Noah Bate and Mike Dooley
Barack Obama made history in 2008 and became the first Democrat to carry the county in more than 50 years. When he was inaugurated in 2009, you wouldn’t find a single mosque in Henrico …
What Obama and Boehner Could Learn from Bush-Obama Counties
BushObamaAmerica.com’s Editor and Founder is interviewed by National Journal
There is a lesson for both White House and Congress in Bush Obama counties. Bush-Obama America blog editor and founder David Dent explains in an interview with National Journal.
“I was
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Who Should Stand by their Man: Part One
Grassroots Donors in Bush-Obama America Weigh in
by David J Dent & Christopher Drakeford
Summertime is a week away in the year of a presidential election. Tis the time for the vice presidential guessing game to consume the beltway. Washington …
Obama: Listen to Cory Booker…Please
by David J Dent
Cory Booker’s advice holds the best prescription for a strong Obama showing in the swing Bush-Obama counties. Yet so many of the depictions of Cory Booker’s appearance on Meet the Press were distorted and textbook lessons …
The True Courage is in the Timing
by Noah Bate
President Obama never fooled me. I have always assumed that his personal views on gay marriage were consistent with his message of support yesterday. Yet the timing of President Obama’s historic announcement is a bit odd to …
Bush-Obama America featured in National Journal
The National Journal takes an extensive look at Hillsborough, a Bush-Obama County.
The article also cites our blog:
Hillsborough’s makeup had been changing. David Dent, an associate journalism professor at New York University, has launched a website dedicated to counties
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What is Bush-Obama?
by Noah Bate
Bush-Obama America exhibits all the characteristics of America, but with a populace smaller than France. In almost every economic and demographic regard, it is a microcosm of a larger society. It is not a separate country, but …
And Now the Real Campaign Begins
by David J Dent
There is a customized ring to the speeches of candidates ending hard-fought primary campaigns: “I want to start today by saying how grateful I am to all of you, to everyone who poured your hearts and …
Who is a “Real” Conservative?
The Fight for the Label Goes to the Nation’s Leading Bush-Obama State
How far will one go for the label of “true” conservative? You probably saw Rick Santorum’s latest legs in the effort to steal that title.
“Man,” he said …
Sangamon County
Illinois
County Overview
Barack Obama announced his presidential candidacy on February 10, 2007 in Abraham Lincoln’s hometown–Springfield, Illinois. Springfield is also the state’s capital city and the county seat of Sangamon, a Bush-Obama county. Illinois has 23 Bush-Obama counties and …
On The Road: Iron County
A Mississippi Independent Travels into Missouri’s only Bush-Obama County
Reflections on Iron County
by Joe Doolittle
I was born in Alabama and grew up in Mississippi. At 23, I still live in Oxford, home of Ole Miss. With that information …
Santorum Weaker in Bush-Obama Counties
Alabama, Mississippi Bush-Obama County Results
Without a doubt, Rick Santorum looks like the better Republican candidate from the perspective of Obama hopefuls. Rick Santorum’s strong showing last night was not magnified in the Bush-Obama counties in Alabama and Mississippi. Mitt …
The Real Mississippi
Polls Versus Personal Encounters
by David J Dent
I was in Mississippi in the summer of 1996. I struggle to process my encounters on that trip with the state’s Republican primary.
I was there almost two years after Newt Gingrich …
Romney Wins Jefferson County with 34.8%
Santorum: 30.4%, Gingrich: 29%, Paul: 4.4%
“I think if there was a head-to-head [with Mitt Romney], if you combined Newt Gingrich’s vote with Rick Santorum’s votes, you’re going to have a good candidate who could beat Mitt Romney and I …
Romney Wins Oktibbeha County with 35.2%
Santorum: 30.9%, Gingrich: 27.4%, Paul 5.7%
On the President and his Critics:
“I believe [Obamacare] is an intrusion upon the private sector in a way that has never been seen before. I don’t believe you can commandeer 1/7 of …
Romney Wins Yazoo County with 32.9%
Santorum: 32%, Gingrich: 31.9%, Paul: 2.1%
“Speaking on the lines of race, which is just part of it. You can’t sugarcoat it… Yazoo falls unique because we have a lot of Democratic white voters here too, and they came out …
Santorum Wins Wood County with 41%
Romney: 32.2%, Paul: 13.4%, Gingrich: 12%
County Perspectives
“If Obama had been white, I don’t think we’d have a Tea Party today.”
David C. Miller, Editor, Sentinel-Tribune, Bowling Green OH
“You go back to …
Super Tuesday Reactions
Bush-Obama Ohio Counties
“I think it shows that the Republican Party is in disarray. Somewhere along the line over the past four years, the Republican Party just got off message and the only thing the party stands for is to …
Super Tuesday Results
Bush-Obama Ohio Counties
Hamilton:
Romney 48.9%
Santorum 29.3%
Gingrich 12.4%
Paul 8.5%
Lake:
Romney 43.5%
Santorum 32.2%
Gingrich 13.5%
Paul 9.9%
Ottawa:
Santorum 40.6%
Romney 33.5%
Gingrich 15.2%
Paul 9.3%
Sandusky:
Santorum 45.2%
Romney 27.0%
Gingrich 14.8%
Paul 11.3%
Tuscawaras:…
Santorum Wins Sandusky County with 45.2%
Romney: 27%, Gingrich: 14.8%, Paul: 11.3%
Demographics:
Population 2010: 60,944
% Change in Population (2000-2010): -1.4% (9.7%)
% White: 86.2% (63.7%)
% Black: 2.7% (12.2%)
% Hispanic: 8.9% (16.3%)
% Asian: .3% (4.7%)
% Native American: .2% (.7%)
Median Age: …
Santorum Wins Ottawa County with 40.6%
Romney: 33.5%, Gingrich: 15.2%, Paul 9.3%
Demographics:
Population 2010: 41,428
% Change in Population (2000-2010): 1.1% (9.7%)
% White: 93.6% (63.7%)
% Black: .7% (12.2%)
% Hispanic: 4.2% (16.3%)
% Asian: .3% (4.7%)
% Native American: .1% (.7%)
Median Age: …