Comments on: Frequently Asked Questions http://conservative-truths.com Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:38:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://conservative-truths.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-103 admin Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:19:52 +0000 http://conservative-truths.com/?page_id=2#comment-103 The Census Bureau does not provide county-based information on these statistics. They only provide state-based information in their annual Statistical Abstracts. The Census Bureau does not provide county-based information on these statistics. They only provide state-based information in their annual Statistical Abstracts.

]]> By: Isaac http://conservative-truths.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Isaac Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:14:48 +0000 http://conservative-truths.com/?page_id=2#comment-101 Did you do all of the work digging up these statistics without breaking them down by county? Because you should have realized that "conservative states" tend to have enclaves of massively liberal populations, usually in cities. They are only "conservative" in that the rural population outnumbers the urban. But most of the crime/divorce/abuse is concentrated in the liberal centers. For example, most of the crime and poverty in Alabama is concentrated in Montgomery, Birmingham, and Mobile. These municipalities show up as blue spots in an otherwise red state. If you discount them, the conservative states outshine the "blue states" in nearly every category you used. Using a broader category (states instead of counties, in this case) is a classic abuse of statistics. I can't really comment on the presidential administration statistics because they are so silly as a concept. You know that presidents don't handle America's budget, right? Congress does. Did you do all of the work digging up these statistics without breaking them down by county? Because you should have realized that “conservative states” tend to have enclaves of massively liberal populations, usually in cities. They are only “conservative” in that the rural population outnumbers the urban. But most of the crime/divorce/abuse is concentrated in the liberal centers.

For example, most of the crime and poverty in Alabama is concentrated in Montgomery, Birmingham, and Mobile. These municipalities show up as blue spots in an otherwise red state. If you discount them, the conservative states outshine the “blue states” in nearly every category you used.

Using a broader category (states instead of counties, in this case) is a classic abuse of statistics. I can’t really comment on the presidential administration statistics because they are so silly as a concept. You know that presidents don’t handle America’s budget, right? Congress does.

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