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The South is the most populated region in the nation and it's the region of the country that continues to have rapid population growth. These might be contributing factors to how much the South is talked about in these forums.
As for liberal and conservative, I think it might be far more interesting to discuss the differences between liberalism and conservatism among the variety of regions in this country. For instance, I imagine what constitutes a typical conservative in Connecticut is different from what consitutes a typical conservative in Mississippi.
It's more than that. I think the south is the only region in the United States to really carry it's own cultural identity. It is often widely misunderstood by people from other parts of the nation, and often considered an oddity. There are many historical reasons for it. As a sort of "backwoods southerner"(being from a city of 35k in NW Georgia), I am sometimes amazed at the images people have of this area. I have travelled the U.S. pretty extensively, 48 out of 50 states, and so have a decent idea about most of the regions. Some of what I hear others say about the south is so far off base that I wonder if they have ever even spoken to a southerner.
Every major city in NC went HEAVILY Democratic, except New Hanover County (Wilmington) which went 50-48 McCain
NOVA Is pure liberal, Henrico county went safely democratic, Virginia voted 52-46 Obama.
Florida has Miami, Broward County, West Palm Beach County, Jacksonville, etc...
Texas has Houston and Dallas which alone have a greater population than North Carolina and both went democratic. Austin is just icing on the cake.
However, I don't equate democrats to liberals. Two different things.
What alters Texas vote is the large rural population at west. The Texas Triangle which includes Austin, Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, and Fort Worth is about the same size as the state of North Carolina.
Dallas City is becoming very liberal now and so is the county. Obama easily won it in 2008 and Kerry only lost Dallas County by 1% in 2004. Houston went Kerry in 2004 but because of the suburbs, Harris County went to Bush in that year. However, in 2008, the Democrats gained more ground to the point where they won the county. Maybe Harris County hovers around that 50/50 thing but I think the Democrats will become even more dominate in the coming years.
Dallas City is becoming very liberal now and so is the county. Obama easily won it in 2008 and Kerry only lost Dallas County by 1% in 2004. Houston went Kerry in 2004 but because of the suburbs, Harris County went to Bush in that year. However, in 2008, the Democrats gained more ground to the point where they won the county. Maybe Harris County hovers around that 50/50 thing but I think the Democrats will become even more dominate in the coming years.
Harris County is just so damn large in size.
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