Why is RURAL New England blue (Democrat)? And why is the South red? (health care, racism)

[D-Towner]

Originally Posted by subsound

Better schools keep New England with the intelligent party.

That's a great joke. The party of Al Sharpton and Joe Biden is the intelligent party? lol

[GreenGene]

I think a good portion of New England has supported various moderate Republicans for state and national office of the years.

Are there any moderate Republicans left?

Next question.

[Edmund_Burke]

Originally Posted by ozzie679

In 1964 the South turned red to support the Republican, Barry Goldwater, because he was against the Civil Rights Act.

Texas supported LBJ, as did quite a number of southern states. Even Nixon's southern strategy is overhyped. The south didn't start to become fully red until after the Reagan revolution and the Dems getting hijacked by the Berkley crowd.

[Edmund_Burke]

The north, but esp. New England, have also been strong Dem supporters, while the south was historically a Dem stronghold.

[renault]

I thought New England was the purple states?

[Edmund_Burke]

Originally Posted by Smash255

Vermont was never all that conservative, though it use to be quite Republican. The liberal/conservative divide between the two parties is much more pronounced than it use to be. The GOP use to have a fairly strong moderate to liberal wing of the party entrenched in the northeast. However, that has eroded over the years and gone full tilt gone because of the in your face religion and social conservatism of the GOP.

As far as NH goes the most Republican parts of the state (for the most part) is the Boston suburbs and exurbs. The more rural portions of the state tend to be more liberal and Democratic.

The progressives in the GOP still exist, such as the Bush clan.

[Edmund_Burke]

Originally Posted by JasonF

Done in one.

God, guns, and gays.

Plus they're still mad that Johnson decided that black people should, in fact, be treated like human beings.

Is this why our lot has improved so much since then?

///sarcasm off

[Scotty011]

Originally Posted by D-Towner

That's a great joke. The party of Al Sharpton and Joe Biden is the intelligent party? lol

Exactly! That is funny.

[Edmund_Burke]

Originally Posted by mackinac81

...and the Party of Lincoln ceased to be.

What's funny is the Dems shot down the CRA bills in the 1950s, esp. LBJ. Of course, over 70% of AAs supported the JFK/LBJ ticket all b/c Kennedy convinced his dixiecrat cronies of the voter benefit.

Goldwater desegregated both his military unit and his private business, and was once a member of the NAACP.

[Edmund_Burke]

Originally Posted by Scotty011

Exactly! That is funny.

Keep in mind the progressive elites praised Adlai Stevenson's "intellect" for YEARS, until a biographer revealed that Stevenson abhored reading.