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If Obama was so liberal why did he win most of the Southern States in Democratic primary against Clinton?

He also won Florida, North Carolina, Virginia in general election who usually tend to vote for Republicans in general elections.

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Did noted Republican Martin Luther King, Jr. devise the GOP’s “Southern Strategy”?

“Some Republicans gave up on winning the African-American vote, looking the other way or trying to benefit politically from racial polarization,” [Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman] said at the annual convention of the National Association for the Advancement of … Continue reading

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Why are Northern states democratic and Southern states Republican?

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why does the southern states vote republican , all are low wage states and 20% of there citizens?

are on food stamps .in the north they have higher wages and only 15% of the citizens are on food stamps 5 % less . republicans will cut food stamps impacking hardest on the southern states. these voters are voting … Continue reading

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Why do all the coastal states votes Democratic and the Southern, Central states vote Republican?

I looked at the electoral map and all the cool states Hawaii, CA, NY vote Democratic and all the boring, lame states Nebraska, Kentucky,etc. vote Republican. Why??

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Why did southern states which had a tradition of always voting democratic become Conservative havens?

Since the founding of america southern states always voted democratic but in the last 50 years they always vote republican why?

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Why did the southern states become predominantly Republican while the northern states become democratic?

At the time of Civil War with President Abe Lincoln presiding, most of the northern states were solidly Republican, whereas most of the southern states were democratic. If we look at the electoral map today, the reverse seems to be … Continue reading

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What caused the solidly Democratic Southern states to becoming solidly Republican?

In 1960 the South was the core of the Democratic party. By 1980 most of those states had completed their swing to the Republican party. What do most political scientists attribute that change to? Sandee- Abortion didn’t become a major … Continue reading

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Is the Republican Party in danger of becoming a southern regional party instead of a national party?

The only states that voted more Republican this time around are the deep southern states. You had white southerners voting 9 to 1 McCain over Obama. Do you guys really want to be known as the angry white southern party? … Continue reading

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