Red or Blue state?

First of all, the red/blue state map is meaningless. For example, I live in a red state, Kansas. Kansas is a red state on this map ONLY because a slight majority of voters voted Republican. However, when one considers that less than half of the population of Kansas actually takes time to go vote, and that close to half of those that did vote, voted for one of the other parties, be it democrat, libertarian or one of the other parties, then its easy to see how this map may not be representative of the true politics of Kansas. All this map, red vs. blue indicates is that in the last election, certain states voted more one way than the other. It does not mean that the entire state is conservative or liberal. The best map I've seen broke the states down by percentages of votes going to the specific parties, rather than simple yes/no election results. When viewed this way, it be3comes obvious that the political situation is entirely too complex to break it down into simple, binary results like red or blue. I realize this doesn't specifically answer your question, but since your question is based on a false premise, it too is invalid.