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The South remains philosophically the same as it did in the first part of the 19th century- Pro-States rights, anti reform. The element of slavery has been replaced by a subtle but definite racist undertone.
The nation is changing, and the 'New South' in the end remains pretty much the 'Old South'.
Not surprising at all! Do you remember how populat Palin was in the South when giving all those speeches?
The views of the Republican Party now seems totally "Old South"......
ROFL! Sarah Palin comes from the "south" only if you think Alaska is a tiny island off the coast of Texas. Which would not surprise me in the least. Nobody has ever accused liberals of being overly burdened with intelligence.
I agree with Glitch. Alaska is politically a center-right libertarian state that is culturally more akin to the Rocky Mountain States. The GOP is still big in the Rockies in such states as Idaho, Colorado (though it did go for Obama just this once) Montana, Wyoming,Arizona and espeically Utah.
Looking into detail Obama won most of the city and urban areas. No surprise.
I read somewhere that Obama only won by 6%
One key thing to keep in mind, is many of the counties McCain won are quite small. Would you rather with 50 counties with a population of 25,000 or 10 with a population of 500,000?
Obama's margin was 7.27% which was fairly close to Bush's 88 margin over Dukakis.
I agree with Glitch. Alaska is politically a center-right libertarian state that is culturally more akin to the Rocky Mountain States. The GOP is still big in the Rockies in such states as Idaho, Colorado (though it did go for Obama just this once) Montana, Wyoming,Arizona and espeically Utah.
Colorado has shifted quite a bit to the Democrats, in part due to heavy Dem trends in suburban Denver. Not only did Obama win Colorado, but both Senators are Democrats, 5 of the 7 members of Congress from Colorado are Democrats, the Governor is a Democrat, and the Dems have solid majorities in both the State Assembly and State Senate.
ROFL! Sarah Palin comes from the "south" only if you think Alaska is a tiny island off the coast of Texas. Which would not surprise me in the least. Nobody has ever accused liberals of being overly burdened with intelligence.
He never said Palin was from the south, but rather she was very popular in the south....
ROFL! Sarah Palin comes from the "south" only if you think Alaska is a tiny island off the coast of Texas. Which would not surprise me in the least. Nobody has ever accused liberals of being overly burdened with intelligence.
I didn't say Sarah Palin comes from the South. I was saying that people in the "SOUTH" were so enchanted with Palin. Doesn't speak well for the South, but it's true.
I guess some people who read posts on message boards are not "overly burdened" with enough intelligence to understand what was written.
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