The 2,454 counties carried by George W. Bush were red - the 627 counties carried by Vice President Gore were blue. Bush won in a geographic landslide indicated by a red map of America with widely scattered clusters of blue. Gore won the large urban areas, some suburbs, and a few rural counties. Bush won everything else. The liberals reign supreme in the cities.
Conservatives thrive in rural, small town, and suburban America.
This axiom, for the most part, is mirrored in Congress. Positions on such issues as gun control, creating new government programs, and law enforcement reflect this division. For many, this appears to be a prescription for gridlock in Washington. The problem in the last Congress with addressing many national concerns was not due to a lack of consensus in Congress, it was overcoming the obstacle in the White House. President Clinton thwarted many of these bipartisan initiatives - opposing many bills that would have benefited the American people and strengthened our nation.