[Yn0hTnA]

Originally Posted by romes591

Short Answer: MOST FLORIDIANS IN METROPOLITAN AREAS ARE NOT NATIVES.

I'm sure you have often heard Florida referred to as "south of the south". Florida is naturally southern in pockets, mostly north Florida panhandle down to Gainesville, and then anywhere in central rural pockets heading south.

Most of metro Miami/Ft. Lauderdale is made up of Caribbean immigrants and north easterners. This dates back to when Miami starting rising as a city and the east connection down I-95 from the New York, Boston, and Philadelphia areas made it easy for them to make the trip.

The Tampa/St. Petersburg area is made up of Cuban immigrants and mid westerners. This is due to the area becoming a huge cigar manufacturing and port city when Tampa started to rise. The easy trip down I-75 from the mid west makes Tampa Bay full of Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburgh transplants.

Orlando is just a hodgepodge of everything because of the tourism money and jobs.

Jacksonville and Tallahassee still have some southern twang, but they are getting watered down and will likely be the next to go.

Bottom line, the answer is because Florida is just not a "country state" like Texas or the rest of the southeast. (This probably has a lot to do with why it is the only blue state in the south too.)

Hope that helps.

Texas isn't a country state, nor is it in the Southeast.

[LIFL]

Originally Posted by ComSense

Jax has tons of rebel flags. A good friend of mine is a great guy - huntin, fishin, cowboy boot wearin, etc. He lived in Winter Park for a while but had an itch to get back to Jax b/c he loves that culture, which there is some in Central FL too, but not like in Jax.

As for Tampa, it has the biggest rebel flag anyone will ever see. It flies high right off of I-75.

That is sad that the losers are flying their flag. Just fly the white one of surrender!

[GHOSTRIDER AZ]

You may not understand the Confederate Flag, but its more of a state of mind that one will not be a working sheep and just taking it. There are those who believe the Federal Gov, including myself , is out of control from not protecting the borders, spending, growth of gov, gun control and host of important issues.

Our own President has ignored the US Const. and there is a growing movement to Impeach Mr. Obama. You got to remember the chief cause of the Civil War was State Rights.

If citizen do not question the Federal Gov and the branches of such we are all doomed and deserved the result of a Socialist Gov. It does not matter if you are Rep Dem, Tea Party,Liberal or anything else.

I hope this gives a better clue!

[LIFL]

Originally Posted by GHOSTRIDER AZ

You may not understand the Confederate Flag, but its more of a state of mind that one will not be a working sheep and just taking it. There are those who believe the Federal Gov, including myself , is out of control from not protecting the borders, spending, growth of gov, gun control and host of important issues.

Our own President has ignored the US Const. and there is a growing movement to Impeach Mr. Obama. You got to remember the chief cause of the Civil War was State Rights.

If citizen do not question the Federal Gov and the branches of such we are all doomed and deserved the result of a Socialist Gov. It does not matter if you are Rep Dem, Tea Party,Liberal or anything else.

I hope this gives a better clue!

Where do I even start?
1-You LOST. Get over it!
2-Yeah, it doubled from 12 people to 24 people! He hasn't done anything impeachable, and it just shades of the 98 impeachment.
3-No, the states seceded due to states rights....to own slaves!
4-We aren't even close to socialists, you want socialism, look in Cuba, and this government has actually CUT spending.

[StreetSmarts]

Agreed, Ghostrider AZ.

Yea, Obama is awesome; done a great job!

[sweat209]

Originally Posted by Yn0hTnA

Texas isn't a country state, nor is it in the Southeast.

Texas is not in the south west part of the US. It is more southern than Alabama these days where people in Alabama are trying to remove them self from south.

Texas like the Midwest is the most country than any other place in the US.

As for the southern politically it almost 50/50.

41 voted Democratic Party in Texas.
Texas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

45 voted Democratic Party in Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

44% voted Democratic Party South_Carolina
United States presidential election in South Carolina, 2012 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

48% voted Democratic Party North_Carolina
United States presidential election in North Carolina, 2012 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Flordia is swing state.

The southern politically is almost divided . Just like federally is divided country.

Some people in south are more libertarian views.

You may not understand the Confederate Flag, but its more of a state of mind
that one will not be a working sheep and just taking it. There are those who
believe the Federal Gov, including myself , is out of control from not
protecting the borders, spending, growth of gov, gun control and host of
important issues.

Both are big government unless you vote libertarian party in.The liberals are big government on taxes and social programs but have some libertarian views on social issues.Where conservitives are big government on social issues but little government on taxes and social programs .

The conservitives and liberals got ideas from communism and fascism that the government can tell people what they can or cannot do.Where 100 years ago the US was more closer to libertarian.The feds did really little acted role back than.

[LordHomunculus]

Originally Posted by sweat209

Texas is not in the south west part of the US. It is more southern than Alabama these days where people in Alabama are trying to remove them self from south.

[StreetSmarts]

One more.........

[runswithscissors]

Originally Posted by isles20

Where do I even start?

4-We aren't even close to socialists, you want socialism, look in Cuba, and this government has actually CUT spending.

You could start by researching how the spending and budgeting is ACTUALLY done, not talking points.

Taking "credit" for cutting something 10 years from now is NOT cutting spending (nor is cutting something that doesn't exist or is ~projected). Hello? Baseline budgeting.

Articles: Obama's Mythical Spending Cuts

[sweat209]

Originally Posted by LordHomunculus

I'm not sure if your trolling but for people who don't have schooling here is what is southerin states.

Southern United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Southern United States—commonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South—is an area comprising the southeastern and south-central United States. The region is known for its culture and history, having developed its own customs, musical styles and varied cuisines that have helped distinguish it in some ways from the rest of the United States. The Southern ethnic heritage is diverse and includes strong European (mostly English, Scotch-Irish and Scottish), African, and some Native American components





As defined by the United States Census Bureau,[SIZE=2][1][/SIZE] the Southern region of the United States includes sixteen states. As of 2010, an estimated 114,555,744 people, or thirty-seven percent of all U.S. residents, lived in the South, the nation's most populous region.[SIZE=2][21][/SIZE] The Census Bureau defined three smaller units, or divisions:

• The South Atlantic States: Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and Delaware
• The East South Central States: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee
• The West South Central States: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas.