# Blue states have better schools

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-states-have-better-schools/667387>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [August 28, 2013, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-states-have-better-schools/667387 "2013-08-28T11:48:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![JXJohns](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jxjohns/32/469_2.png) [@JXJohns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JXJohns)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-states-have-better-schools/667387/121 "2013-08-31T21:30:51Z")

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> [@SlackerInc](#):
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> It is the most frequent opportunity for the entire state to register their red/blue preference.
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> But the most salient point was that to be “consistently” red, they would have had to vote red _every_ time, not just most of the time.

Ok, you tell me then. What color is my home state right now based upon your definition that nobody else uses? Purple? Since Grassley(R) has been in office longer than Harkin(D), Red?

Defining a state blue or red is meaningless in the first place. Doing so via their senators and nothing else takes it to another level of stupidity.

BTW, the true salient point is that consistently can also mean frequently, regularly, routinely, and others [as well.](http://thesaurus.com/browse/consistently) So give it a rest.

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