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America's North/South Divide (& other regional data) I've observed in the US certain regional patterns of culture and demographics, the North/South divide being the focus of my present analysis. The basic pattern of a North/South divide originated with the first colonies and was emblazoned upon the national psyche through the trauma of the Civil War. And, despite the change that has happened since, this basic pattern persists. It persists because culture is deeply entrenched and because demographics change slowly. Some of the data I will present and analyze is: voting trends labor unions social problems wealth disparity religions/denominations dialects nationalities taxation IQ differences psychological traits Be forewarned that my analysis is lengthy. If you lack the motivation or time to read it in detail, you can still grasp the gist of my analysis by skimming the text or even by just looking at the mapped data. I eventually plan on breaking this up into smaller posts, but until then it will remain as is. By the way, I'm open to suggestions. If you think some of my data is incorrect or partial, then please offer links or other references. If you think my analysis is overly biased or inadequate, then please share your own views. – – – Let me begin with some comments about the region I consider home, the Midwest. There is something many don't understand about the Midwest. States like Iowa, where I live, have tended to be Democratic states for a long time (and, looking further back, much political activism happened in the Midwest during the Populist and Progressive eras… which laid the groundwork for the present Democratic Party). Even as Democrats have lost some power and popularity recently, Iowa and much of the Midwest has remained Democratic leaning. Isn't that interesting? Political Party Affiliation (2009) & From ’08 to ’10 State of States Political Party Affiliation, 2008 State of the States Political Party Advantage Map, 2010 (If you'd like to see presidential election results going back to 1789, here is a useful interactive map. It's interesting to see how the two parties flipped between the North and South.) I want to make note of something very very important. The South isn't strongly Republican, especially not in the way that the North is strongly Democratic. So, why do Southern states so often go to Republicans? One obvious explanation is that wealthy Southerners tend to vote Republican and poor Southerners (in particular, the poorest of the poor) tend to vote Democratic, but the South is such a class based society that poor people (in particular, poor minorities) are almost entirely disenfranchised from the political system. If all the poor and all the minorities were to vote, the South could possibly become a Democratic stronghold (or, at least, far from being a Republican stronghold). Rich whites have known of this danger ever since Reconstruction followed the Civil War. It's not unusual to hear conservative leaders speak about the dangers of democracy which they call mobocracy because they understand that a functioning democracy would undermine their own power (which is becoming a greater issue as the traditional white political elite face a world where whites are becoming the new minority; and which is specifically becoming an issue in the South as the recent census shows Northern blacks are moving to the South in larger numbers). Now about the North. Why is it that the Democrats aligning with the Civil Rights movement caused the Democratic Party to lose the South (i.e., lose the rich white ruling class in the South) and yet not the Midwest? I could point out the fact that there is not much of a rich white ruling class in the Midwest. But why does this socio-economic cultural difference exist in the first place? Why has a socially and religiously traditional state like Iowa never entirely turned away from Democrats and even is one of the first states to pass a law legalizing gay marriage? There is an extremely simple answer, but it's maybe deceptively simple. Before I go into detail about that explanation, I want to provide some more specific data about voting habits in the North vs the South. The divide doesn't just exist on the level of states but also on the level of cities: racial diversity with many African Americans vs strong Caucasian majority large concentrations of the poor vs large concentrations of the wealthy a population of less educated vs a population of well educated more single people vs more married people large urban areas vs smaller urban areas, former industrial cities vs white collar cities Basically, Northern liberals vs Southern conservatives is a war of class and race. The Most Conservative and Liberal Cities in the United States The Bay Area Center for Voting Research America's voting patterns are split by region, with the Midwest and Northeast predominantly voting for liberal candidates, and the West (with the exception of the coast) and So