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May 04, 2007

The State of Evolution

As a followup to Josh's post, here is a map from Scientific American, courtesy of the strange maps blog (quite possibly the most fascinating blog I've ever seen):

Here's the breakdown by candidate:

Candidate Home State Accepts Evolution? State Score
John McCain Arizona Yes Satisfactory
Rudy Giuliani New York Yes Satisfactory
Mitt Romney Massachusetts Yes Satisfactory
Jim Gilmore Virginia Yes Unsatisfactory
Tommy Thompson Wisconsin Yes Unsatisfactory
Sam Brownback Kansas No Satisfactory
Duncan Hunter California Yes Very Good
Ron Paul Texas Yes Satisfactory
Mike Huckabee Arkansas No Unsatisfactory
Tom Tancredo Colorado No Satisfactory

Doesn't seem to be too much of a correlation. One would expect that the governors, who have the greatest ability to influence State policy and would be more reflective of local values, would line up nicely, yet they are split as well.

We also see that the candidates face a bit of a conundrum headed into the Iowa caucuses.

Posted by Zach Wendling at May 4, 2007 08:35 AM

Comments

Wow, that blog was very dangerous to my productivity.

Posted by: Joshua Claybourn at May 4, 2007 09:20 AM | permalink

I never would have anticipated the distribution of good versus bad. Illinois and Wisconsin are bad evolution states while Indiana is exemplary. Yeah Indiana!

Posted by: Doug at May 4, 2007 10:06 AM | permalink

The Tory Atlas of the World - Political map is priceless.

Posted by: Chuck at May 4, 2007 11:33 AM | permalink

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