# Zogby: If America Were 'Survivor' Which State Would You Vote Off? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 4, 2005, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zogby-if-america-were-survivor-which-state-would-you-vote-off/297687 "2005-04-04T16:45:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![PigBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/97f17d/32.png) [@PigBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigBoy)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zogby-if-america-were-survivor-which-state-would-you-vote-off/297687/61 "2005-04-05T02:22:18Z")
Holy crap, there’s no love for Texas around here! Of course, I also vote for Texas. ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zogby-if-america-were-survivor-which-state-would-you-vote-off/297687/62 "2005-04-05T02:35:19Z")
Actually, I’m kind of surprised that no one has chipped in to say “Los Angeles.” …Texifornia… a nation stretching from Bakersfield to San Pedro to Tijuana, through El Paso, on to the far shores of Galveston. Las Vegas, just to give the place some class. Boggles the mind, doesn’t it. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zogby-if-america-were-survivor-which-state-would-you-vote-off/297687/63 "2005-04-05T02:35:59Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > Hmmm, tough one. North Dakota is pretty much useless, so no one would really notice if it got voted off. However, they are heavily armed, so I don’t know if we want a rogue nuclear nation right on our doorstep. :mad: Well, OK, all the wheat and stuff is worthless. I’d have to second this state, though, as it would mean 3 fewer Democrats in Congress. 😃 Anyway, I’m voting Taxachussets. And move the BoSox to Brooklyn so the fans can just kill each other and be done with it. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zogby-if-america-were-survivor-which-state-would-you-vote-off/297687/64 "2005-04-05T02:40:54Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > OK, Texans! Now’s our chance! If we can get Arizona and New Mexico to buy in (shouldn’t be too hard) we can form the sovereign country of Texifornia. We’ll control all the oil, all the tech. development, all the decent weather, etc. Let the rest of the country go broke paying for what _we_ produce. > > And to answer the previous challenge…we’ll get our water the way God intended… > > in little bottles from Safeway! 😃 I don’t think getting buy-in would be all that easy. I mean, what could you offer us that the US government can’t? Plus, it’s _Texas_. Ewwww. Nobody in New Mexico likes Texas unless they have moved to New Mexico from Texas. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zogby-if-america-were-survivor-which-state-would-you-vote-off/297687/65 "2005-04-05T02:42:32Z")
LOL! 😃 Very entertaining thread…I am always cheered when I read this much moaning and bitterness among those of a certain political persuasion. ---
**Author:** ![Merhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Merhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merhouse)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zogby-if-america-were-survivor-which-state-would-you-vote-off/297687/66 "2005-04-05T03:02:13Z")
> [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > Texas. We should negotiate a deal with Mexico and sell Texas back to them. > > Daniel I was thinking of taking up a collection to see how much we could give them to take it back 🙂 “Texas, you **are** The Weakest Link. Good bye!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![don\_Jaime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@don\_Jaime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_Jaime)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zogby-if-america-were-survivor-which-state-would-you-vote-off/297687/67 "2005-04-05T03:49:10Z")
Florida, shame of the nation. Even ignoring its incredible talent for aggravating sore spots on political issues and its inability to count votes, this is a state where you can’t drive away from the airport without getting carjacked. Good riddance. And much as it pains me to say it, we have to keep Baja Oklahoma. As crude, stupid, and loutish as they are, they might keep thinking they’re special if they’re pushed out. Plus I’m not giving up Macy’s and tax-free groceries, and Dallas has to get Trader Joe’s and L&L Drive-Ins someday. ---
**Author:** ![Sequent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Sequent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sequent)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zogby-if-america-were-survivor-which-state-would-you-vote-off/297687/68 "2005-04-05T04:06:46Z")
Tex…no, Flor…no, probably Tex…no, gotta go with Flori…damn! Can’t we get rid of two? Please?! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zogby-if-america-were-survivor-which-state-would-you-vote-off/297687/69 "2005-04-05T04:21:24Z")
Hard to pick. Either Florida or California. I guess Florida. California has at least one redeeming quality: You can see Nevada from there. I can think of none for Florida. ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zogby-if-america-were-survivor-which-state-would-you-vote-off/297687/70 "2005-04-05T04:21:23Z")
> [@Velma](#): > > I’ve always had trouble telling New Hampshire and Vermont apart. Tricky on the 5th grade geography tests. I could do without one of them. Vermont is the one shaped like a “V”. I vote Delaware because it doesn’t exist anyway. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zogby-if-america-were-survivor-which-state-would-you-vote-off/297687/71 "2005-04-05T04:25:16Z")
California. ---
**Author:** ![Abbie\_Carmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Abbie\_Carmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbie_Carmichael)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zogby-if-america-were-survivor-which-state-would-you-vote-off/297687/72 "2005-04-05T04:39:02Z")
California. They’re nuts, and they’ve got enough money to sustain themselves, and plus we’d be rid of Hollywood. They can take their electoral votes with 'em, too. Florida’s a _very_ close second, though. ---
**Author:** ![Unregistered\_Bull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3da27b/32.png) [@Unregistered\_Bull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unregistered_Bull)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zogby-if-america-were-survivor-which-state-would-you-vote-off/297687/73 "2005-04-05T05:13:28Z")
Kalifornistan aka Commiefornia. \*formerly Machetero ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zogby-if-america-were-survivor-which-state-would-you-vote-off/297687/74 "2005-04-05T07:06:53Z")
I must go with the majority and agree with Texas, Texas, Texas! But only if we get to keep Molly Ivins and they take back any and all Bushes. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zogby-if-america-were-survivor-which-state-would-you-vote-off/297687/75 "2005-04-05T07:15:10Z")
Actually, Florida doesn’t need to be voted off. Florida just needs a circumcision. Remove SOUTH Florida, and you’ll be removing the clueless counties (regarding voting and tabulation thereof) and the higher crime areas in one fell swoop. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![threemae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@threemae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threemae)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zogby-if-america-were-survivor-which-state-would-you-vote-off/297687/76 "2005-04-05T07:54:54Z")
Yeeeeehaaaaaa! Texas, I’ll be seeing you motherf$&\*#$%! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zogby-if-america-were-survivor-which-state-would-you-vote-off/297687/77 "2005-04-05T08:10:58Z")
You’re all talking about voting out Texas or Florida or California. Haven’t any of you people ever watched Survivor? You need your strong states to win the immunity challenges. So while I like Maine, it’s getting my vote because it’s just not carrying its weight (plus I think it’s forming an alliance with the other New England states). Later, after we merge with Canada and the game goes to individual challenges, is when we’ll vote out Texas. ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zogby-if-america-were-survivor-which-state-would-you-vote-off/297687/78 "2005-04-05T08:35:29Z")
**Little Nemo** , you’re my new hero. I’m with you: Maine, I say! (Although I am reminded of the old saying: “If I owned Hell and Texas, I’d live in Hell and rent out Texas.” To which the other person would say, “Yeah. At least the a/c bill would be cheaper.”) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zogby-if-america-were-survivor-which-state-would-you-vote-off/297687/79 "2005-04-05T12:42:53Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Wait a minute… > > Right now we’re all paying anywhere from $2.35 to $3.00 per gallon for gas, largely due to a single refinery explosion in Texas. Texas accounts for 26 percent of the nation’s refining capacity, and is ranked 1st in the nation in crude oil production and crude oil reserves (excluding federal offshore), 20 and 21 percent respectively. The Port of Houston ranks first in the nation in foriegn tonnage and brings in millions of gallons of oil every year to the nation’s largest petrochemical complex. > > Get rid of us and you’ll remember the days when gas cost less than $15 a gallon wistfully, you’ll be drilling ANWAR in a week, and it’ll be your kids getting asthma from all your brand new refineries instead of ours for a change. > > So basically, you’re stuck with us. > > Yee haw! Neener neener! you know, there’s a good point here. We only need the part of Texas that’s _underground_. So, if we _leveled_ everything that’s _above ground_…hmmm. Core of a good idea, there. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zogby-if-america-were-survivor-which-state-would-you-vote-off/297687/80 "2005-04-05T13:01:39Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > South Carolina. But we get the water! And fish! You won’t have fish when we’re gone! Florida. Any state that earns its own [fark.com](http://fark.com) tag has to go. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zogby-if-america-were-survivor-which-state-would-you-vote-off/297687.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zogby-if-america-were-survivor-which-state-would-you-vote-off/297687.md?page=5)