The State of Evolution
Posted by Zach Wendling on 4 May 2007 | 3 responses
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.
3 Responses to “The State of Evolution”
Wow, that blog was very dangerous to my productivity.
I never would have anticipated the distribution of good versus bad. Illinois and Wisconsin are bad evolution states while Indiana is exemplary. Yeah Indiana!
The Tory Atlas of the World – Political map is priceless.