unemployment rates and i can only president obama lecturing gary herbert about what we need to do to get the economy moving because utah is rocking and rolling. we ve got a 4.1 unemployment rate, not because we raised the minimum wage, to the contrary, we got great taxes and regulatory environment that is predictable for businesses. it s a beautiful state. look at what utah is doing. don t have the president come in and try to lecture utah on what we need to do. we don t have time to get into all of the joys and wonders of utah but i think there are folks who would say utah has also been blessed with a fairly home generalous population and you have certain built in advantages as well in that state. we definitely have a lot of advantages in utah, absolutely, not because we re so-called homogenous, i don t buy that. we kept our taxes low and state legislature that s been very responsive and responsible and
reason why. the cook political report examined all 435 congressional districts in its new partisan voter index and found that geographic self-sorting, even more than redistricting, has driven polarization. there are now only 90 congressional districts in the whole country that are considered swing districts. that s down 45% from 1998 when the country had 164 swing districts. and while redistricting accounting for some of that change, the study found in districts that weren t redrawn, the electorate was simply more homogenous. voters are choosing sides with their feet. and we ll be right back. acceler-rental.
washington politicians within so at odd with the requirements for the country s survival and success. the washington republicans represent the one-third of the country that hates government, despises obama and considers obstruction a victory. paul, do you think that s true? that s probably overstated a touch, but, you know, the republicans, particularly house republicans, are in a very difficult position because they did something really, really well in 2011-2012, and that was drawing their lines, their district, their map lines really well to look very sort of homogenous and very republican. therefore, their biggest fear, most of them, is a primary challenge from a conservative. 204 out of the 234 house republicans who won back in november, 204 of them got at least 55% of the vote. they won by ten or more points. i need to cut you off because let s go to the senate floor where senator harry reid is
quote, the demographics race we re losing badly. we are not generating enough angry white guys to stay in business for the long term. this country is getting less white according to projected census data. we also know in a recent nbc/ wall street journal poll romney got 0% support from black supporters. people in the seats on the floor looked pretty homogenous. officials are discriminating against minorities and the disenfranchised when it comes to the right to vote. texas will appeal two rulings that came down this week. on tuesday a federal district court said when the state of texas drew up proposed new electoral maps, that redistricting had been, quote, enacted with discriminatory purpose. on thursday another panel of federal district court judges struck down texas s new voter i.d. law and said requiring voters who don t have one of the five specified types of i.d. to get an election identification
this supreme court decision perhaps because new hampshire homogenous not the place where immigration reforms are at the top of the list. obviously a big campaign issue. he put out a written statement saying what this decision makes unmistakingly clear is that congress must act on comprehensive immigration reform. a patchwork the state laws is not a solution to our broken immigration system. it s part of the problem. that s the president s pitch in part to hispanic voters around the country. he has a big lead with them right now. and he is trying to make the case that republicans have gotten extreme on this issue. interesting though, as you noted, as big as this decision is, what could be even bigger is thursday on h. they decide on healthcare. that is the president s signature domestic achievement. that could end up being a much bigger campaign issue in november depending how the supreme court rules tonight. shep. republic presidential candidate mitt romney says today s decision is e