The above graphic comes from the Washington Monthly's Steve Benen column. The data it was created from is credited to the Daily Kos...and it appears to be a true poll, not a self-selected "internet poll". Is the South really that out of step with the rest of America? Or is it America that is out of step with the South?
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The GOP and The South
The above graphic comes from the Washington Monthly's Steve Benen column. The data it was created from is credited to the Daily Kos...and it appears to be a true poll, not a self-selected "internet poll". Is the South really that out of step with the rest of America? Or is it America that is out of step with the South?
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It's interesting, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteAnd yet, it has a disturbing element.
The question(s) it raises are interesting, indeed!
We're a friendly bunch, we Southerners are... as you can attest, Tim!
Of course, I think we also have a healthy degree of distrust and governmental skepticism.
How healthy is "healthy degree"? Well now... that's the $64 question, isn't it?!
Just about forgot to mention... this is a question for Wayne Flynt (an erudite, entertaining and occasional guest on FTR during your tenure there)!
ReplyDeleteI've got friends in California who visited Alabama recently. They said they wished they could live here.
ReplyDelete"I've got friends in California who visited Alabama recently. They said they wished they could live here."
ReplyDeleteCalifornia's Governator can beat up our governor, any day of the week.
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