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In reply to the discussion: I want to talk frankly about the south hate here [View all]Old and In the Way
(37,540 posts)I think we were the only district in NE to go for McCain in 2008. I suspect that the political culture is a function of social culture. We are very rural here and the smaller the town, the more likely it votes Republican (with a few exceptions). Not much culture up here...except snowmobiling, ice-fishing, and hunting. Lots of lower middle-class and even poverty...but a big streak of prideful independence tinging on anti-govenment attitudes. Also, fundamental pentacostal-type religion is doing well...traditional churches, not so much. I'm convinced the Green Party, which is surprisingly strong here, is mainly comprised of moderate/liberal Republicans who can't stomach their hard right former Party. In such a monolythic, low- to-no diversity environment where there's a distrust of outsiders and generations of shared experiences between clans of people...I think it's the perfect breeding ground for low information Republicanism.