October 18, 201214 yr From How the North-South divide plays out in three key swing states (Lexington Institute's Early Warning blog) [excerpt] How The North-South Divide Plays Out In Three Key Swing StatesAuthor: Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D. Date: Thursday, October 18, 2012 On November 6, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will carry almost all the states in New England, and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will carry almost all the states in the Deep South. A hundred years ago, that result was almost exactly reversed: Republicans dominated in the Northeast and Democrats dominated in the South. Although everything else about national politics has changed over the intervening century, the one pattern that persists is the divide between North and South. It's a divide that traces back to the origins of the Republic, and almost tore the nation asunder in the Civil War. Harpoon is no stranger to North vs South scenarios, however unpleasant such a prospect might be ...
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