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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 24 Oct 2012

    Why Are States So Red and Blue? by S. Pinker http://NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/P3MBni 

    7:03 PM - 24 Oct 2012
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      1. 3PP Movies‏ @3PennyMovies 7 Nov 2012
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        RT @sapinker Why Are States So Red and Blue? by S. Pinker http://NYTimes.com  http://nyti.ms/P3MBni 

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      1. I. M. Pei‏ @p333y3 26 Oct 2012
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        @sapinker See https://p333y3.wordpress.com/2004/11/10/politicalequilibrium/ …. #density

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      1. SabrinaWiseLatina™‏ @WiseLatinaBR 25 Oct 2012
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        @sapinker Excellent article. It left me thinking about education. Does education impact how people vote?

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      1. Critical Voter‏ @CriticalVoter 25 Oct 2012
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        @sapinker Your piece is a great illustration of the Principle of Charity (although possibly also non-political bias) http://criticalvoter.com/steven-pinker-red-and-blue/ …

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      1. Jim Moore‏ @JimMoore1963 25 Oct 2012
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        @sapinker Answer: isolate by places where physical child abuse by parents/guardians is and isn't socially condoned. Red = is, Blue = isn't.

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      1. M Larkento‏ @MLarkento 25 Oct 2012
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        @sapinker Lived in NE & SE & agree geo is part..also http://us.macmillan.com/thewisdomofpsychopaths/KevinDutton … & economic impact of civil war is part @chrislhayes @jtlarsen

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      1. Mare Shaffer‏ @MareRocks 25 Oct 2012
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        @sapinker Posted you article on https://www.facebook.com/AgnosticAg  Please stop by and "Like".

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      1. god Free World‏ @godFreeWorld 25 Oct 2012
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        @sapinker Interesting article. As others commented the map is more complex & has changed - does the argument stand?pic.twitter.com/YPWynQGC

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      1. Michael Garrison‏ @MikeDGarrison 24 Oct 2012
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        @sapinker Many economists on the right have the values you expressed as "left", believe stronger central power is not the way to achieve.

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      1. TakingHayekSeriously‏ @FriedrichHayek 24 Oct 2012
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        @sapinker Mises & Hayek argued that liberalism vs statism was a product of ideas, German historicist economists said it was a volk product.

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      1. TakingHayekSeriously‏ @FriedrichHayek 24 Oct 2012
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        @sapinker A theory with explanatory power would also explain why Sowell, Friedman & Hayek flip from Marxists, New Dealers & Fabians to 'Red'

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      1. TakingHayekSeriously‏ @FriedrichHayek 24 Oct 2012
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        @sapinker When my Boone relations built Boonesboro they created their own government, made their own land deals & had their women with them.

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      1. TakingHayekSeriously‏ @FriedrichHayek 24 Oct 2012
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        @sapinker Oregon had NO government & wasn't part of any country when my ancestors first homesteaded; they still had courts & property & law.

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      2. Peter G. Klein‏ @petergklein 24 Oct 2012
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        @sapinker There are no red or blue states, only red and blue counties. You've got the wrong unit of analysis.

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      3. William Freeland‏ @WilliamFreeland 24 Oct 2012
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        @petergklein @sapinker This was my thought also. A far too simple picture of the electorate.

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      4. Peter G. Klein‏ @petergklein 25 Oct 2012
        Replying to @WilliamFreeland

        @WilliamFreeland Of course! But the standard one, unfortunately.

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