OK Watch

Left: Interesting graphic, also from the New York Times.


So, how are things in the Sooner State?

I watched the returns come in with great satisfaction and relief. There is yet hope for the country. As for Oklahoma, we have sunk further into the mud of extremism and irrelevance with strong Republican victories statewide. Not a single county went for Obama and the overall percentage for McCain was the highest of any state (no kidding, we even topped UTAH!!!). Pretty pathetic....

A county-by county bubble map at the New York Times starkly illustrates America's political polarization over the election cycles, starting in 1992.

Left: A stark geographical divide is clear.