Blog: The Sly Oyster

From Nate Silver : That's right: just five states, collectively containing about 2 percent of the American population, have statistically significant pluralities of adults identifying themselves as Republicans. These are the "Mormon Belt" states of Utah, Idaho and Wyoming, plus Nebraska, plus Alaska. By contrast, 35 states are plurality Democratic, and 10 states are too close to call. There are a few caveats with this Gallup poll, the first being that it polled only adults and not registered voters or likely voters. But the striking things about this is that many people consider themselves [...]