If it's true that having a mandate depends on a large coalition of portions of the country, then according to the map below, the more purple one gets, the more solid President Bush's mandate. Right?
Do we now have a new mantra for divisiveness? "That's not very purple of you." Hmmmm . . . .

What about the more purple in the "Red States"? Outside the strip from N. Texas through Neb. The "red states" are just as purple as the "blue states".
Posted by: justin at November 8, 2004 02:28 PMExactly.
Posted by: Clifton D. Healy at November 8, 2004 02:29 PMThen I don't see what you are saying. We are split...both sides get over it.
Posted by: justin at November 8, 2004 02:32 PMI added the following to the above post:
Do we now have a new mantra for divisiveness? "That's not very purple of you." Hmmmm . . . .
Posted by: Clifton D. Healy at November 8, 2004 02:33 PM