Interactive: Republicans More Likely to Have Constituents Who Use Food Stamps

[Scuba]

http://swampland.time.com/2013/12/04/interactive-republicans-more-likely-to-have-constituents-who-use-food-stamps/?iid=sl-main-lead

As Congress debates fate of program, several of those seeking cuts have high percentage of constituents who benefit

When the House voted in September to cut $40 billion from the federal food-stamp program over 10 years, all but 15 Republicans supported the measure while not a single Democrat did so.

But according to a TIME analysis of county-by-county food-stamp-enrollment data compiled by the nonprofit Feeding America, it appears that House Republicans represent more districts with high levels of participation in the program than House Democrats. Of the 350 congressional districts in which TIME was able to estimate the percentage of people enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), 76 had levels of 20% or higher. Of those, 43 are held by Republicans while 33 are controlled by Democrats.

SNAP enrollment is visualized by county where data is available and by state where it is not. Use the buttons below to reorient by Congressional district. Note: Estimating congressional districts from county-level data is prone to error in densely populated locations.

I could not embed the interactive map, sorry.

[Mnemosyne]

1. Very interesting, Scuba. Thanks! My red corner of PA is at 20%, it will rise. nt

[on point]

2. The red states are net receivers from the fed govt, while blues are net payers

How is that for puke reality distortion field