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Ardent15 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:30 PM Original message |
As the South got wealthier, it became more Republican... |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. Uh... when did the south get wealthier. Did I miss a century somewhere? |
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Ardent15 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Relatively speaking. There are suburbs in Southern cities that... |
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LuvNewcastle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. That's what I want to know. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. There's a typo you can gritch about in post #11. n/t |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:37 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Hell - I'm shocked there isn't one in *my* post. |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 10:48 AM Response to Reply #7 |
48. Does that take into account that the cost of living is cheaper in |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. When companies moved to the south to avoid Unions the south got wealthier |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 10:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
50. the international commerce of Atlanta, N.C. Research Triangle, |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
4. Uuummmm--- what about the Northeast? Lots of money there. |
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Ardent15 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. Multicultural society |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:23 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Multicultural? I don't know about that,especially outside the |
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Ardent15 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:29 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Vermont has seen an influx of highly educated liberals... |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Vermont has always been full of liberal ex New Yorkers. It's been |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 01:05 AM Response to Reply #22 |
42. Education |
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NutmegYankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:30 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. A tolerant society, but the whitest place outside of Utah. |
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Ardent15 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:32 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Still multiple cutures mixing together |
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NutmegYankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:26 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. This is true. This German-American loves Portuguese cooking! nt |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:33 AM Response to Reply #4 |
30. How many states there have a progressive income tax? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. No, when Democrats gave black people civil rights, then it became Republican. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Yah - presumably the OP is just trying to slide another "it's not race, it's class" on for size. |
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Ardent15 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. It's both |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. bingo! |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:42 AM Response to Reply #5 |
34. Don't forget about the democrats then wrote them all off as hicks and such |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:57 AM Response to Reply #34 |
41. After getting all upset because black people were given rights? |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 10:50 AM Response to Reply #5 |
49. Really? |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
9. Wrong. |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 10:55 AM Response to Reply #9 |
51. Again, I ask: why did the South continue to vote for many Dems |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
10. The South started going Republican |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Voting Rights Act |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
13. Actually... |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Well, it's true for some growth areas in the South |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 10:46 AM Response to Reply #15 |
46. Well, I guess I'm talking about really massive growth... |
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Ardent15 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Those parts are being settled mainly by Northerners... |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 10:48 AM Response to Reply #16 |
47. Exactly... |
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Island Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
14. The South also started getting more Republican |
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Ardent15 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. George H. W. Bush... |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. What you said goes for Benton and Baxter counties in Arkansas |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:43 AM Response to Reply #14 |
35. Actually NOT so - the more Northerners who move to the South |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #14 |
52. Yeah, most of the carpetbaggers in my neck of the woods are freepers. |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 10:58 AM Response to Reply #14 |
53. I agree with you. |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
28. The south became more Republican |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
31. Nah; they started turning pub in response to dems support of the civil rights movement. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
32. No the South started voting Republican |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
33. WRONG: When LBJ passed the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act it became more Republican |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:50 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. That is correct. LBJ was the first democrat to win the wealthy vote. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:53 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. LBJ was a Democrat, what the hell am I missing here? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:52 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Now you see why I said that |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:55 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. This kind of explains it... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
40. Civil Rights in the '60s turned them republican |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 04:02 AM Response to Original message |
43. The South got wealthier??? |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 04:23 AM Response to Original message |
44. It's pretty cool that all those not-poor Republicans |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 04:29 AM Response to Original message |
45. I think what really happened is the Democrats stopped supporting slavery |
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