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On Jul 3, 11:17 am, Bill Shatzer <bshatze...@comcast.net> wrote:
> Caddyshack...@gmail.com wrote:
> > On Jul 3, 9:16 am, "Gatt" <g...@juggerFUbot.com> wrote:
>
> >><Caddyshack...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> >>news:1183447442.112520.93380@j4g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>
> >>>Maybe you can find some place in America where Democrats are wealthier
> >>>than average and smoke less than average. That would be really,
> >>>really, really fascinating. Good luck.
> >>San Francisco.
> > I'm trolling without a hook and the fish jumps in the boat.
> >>Next, please.
> > Explain Nebraska and that buzzing noise you hear.
>
> Huh?
>
> "The states with the highest current smoking prevalence among adults
> were Nevada (31.5 percent), Kentucky (29.7 percent) and Ohio (27.6
> percent). The lowest smoking prevalence rates among adults were found in
> Utah (13.9 percent), followed by Hawaii (18.6 percent), California (18.7
> percent), Massachusetts (19.4 percent) and Minnesota (19.5 percent).
> Smoking prevalence in Puerto Rico (13.7 percent) was lower than in any
> of the 50 states."
>
> http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/tobacco/demographics_tobacco.htm
>
> State voting 2004 presidential election:
>
> Nevada: Bush
> Kentucky: Bush
> Ohio: Bush
>
> Utah: Bush (those durn mormons screw it up)
> Hawaii: Kerry
> California: Kerry
> Massachusetts: Kerry
> Minnesota: Kerry
>
> With the exception of Utah, the "high smoking" states voted republican
> and the "low smoking" states voted democratic.
>
> Puerto Rico, of course, didn't get a vote.
>
> One might further note that the same pattern prevailed in 2000.
>
> No wonder the oregon republicans opposed the proposed increase in the
> cigarette tax.

Republicans oppose taxes even when it affects them less. In Washington
State I opposed the cigarette tax even though I, nor anyone in my
family smokes, because the tax revenue was (is) used to expand
government instead of fund existing programs.

> More smokers seems to equal more republicans.

You are trying to make some kind of inference based on other factors -
culture, tax rates, geography, level of education - that opposes the
incontrovertible polling data that the poor are more likely to vote
Democrat and the poor are more likely to smoke.