For the last eight years, thank you, Mr. President

[White Trash]

Uh, yeah I'm alright.

Are you sure?

[White Trash]

Uh, yeah I'm alright.

Are you sure?

Look at what you've done BRTD! You've got them Yankee RINOs quoting me!

[White Trash]

Uh, yeah I'm alright.

Are you sure?

Look at what you've done BRTD! You've got them Yankee RINOs quoting me!

Haha, funny thing is the only "Yankee" thing about me is I'm from north of the Mason Dixon, though that's how I assume you meant it.

Proud German descendent!

A Yankee, is a Yankee, is a Yankee. Whether he's a lopeared Dutchman or a bow-legged Bogtrotter! (Both historical terms if you look them up)

[White Trash]

Uh, yeah I'm alright.

Are you sure?

Look at what you've done BRTD! You've got them Yankee RINOs quoting me!

Haha, funny thing is the only "Yankee" thing about me is I'm from north of the Mason Dixon, though that's how I assume you meant it.

Proud German descendent!

A Yankee, is a Yankee, is a Yankee. Whether he's a lopeared Dutchman or a bow-legged Bogtrotter! (Both historical terms if you look them up)

Pretty hard to imagine a Democrat calling a Republican a damned Yankee in the year 2016. 

As a Dutchman from the Midwest I have a feeling you'd say the same about my type as RINO Tom's haha.

Bloody foreigners the lot of ye! Don't get nary a bit near my holler out yonder, ye hear? Or else I'd be fixin' to skin the lot o' you carpetbaggin' Yankee folk!

[White Trash]

Uh, yeah I'm alright.

Are you sure?

Look at what you've done BRTD! You've got them Yankee RINOs quoting me!

Haha, funny thing is the only "Yankee" thing about me is I'm from north of the Mason Dixon, though that's how I assume you meant it.

Proud German descendent!

A Yankee, is a Yankee, is a Yankee. Whether he's a lopeared Dutchman or a bow-legged Bogtrotter! (Both historical terms if you look them up)

Pretty hard to imagine a Democrat calling a Republican a damned Yankee in the year 2016. 

As a Dutchman from the Midwest I have a feeling you'd say the same about my type as RINO Tom's haha.

Bloody foreigners the lot of ye! Don't get nary a bit near my holler out yonder, ye hear? Or else I'd be fixin' to skin the lot o' you carpetbaggin' Yankee folk!

Saw a hilarious article about Ross Barnett arguing for the preservation of a one-party state in the South because "carpet baggin' Yankee Republicans were gonna come in and ruin everythin'."  Haha.

Was he wrong? (Link to the article if you have it, sounds interesting.)

[White Trash]

Uh, yeah I'm alright.

Are you sure?

Look at what you've done BRTD! You've got them Yankee RINOs quoting me!

Haha, funny thing is the only "Yankee" thing about me is I'm from north of the Mason Dixon, though that's how I assume you meant it.

Proud German descendent!

A Yankee, is a Yankee, is a Yankee. Whether he's a lopeared Dutchman or a bow-legged Bogtrotter! (Both historical terms if you look them up)

Pretty hard to imagine a Democrat calling a Republican a damned Yankee in the year 2016. 

As a Dutchman from the Midwest I have a feeling you'd say the same about my type as RINO Tom's haha.

Bloody foreigners the lot of ye! Don't get nary a bit near my holler out yonder, ye hear? Or else I'd be fixin' to skin the lot o' you carpetbaggin' Yankee folk!

Saw a hilarious article about Ross Barnett arguing for the preservation of a one-party state in the South because "carpet baggin' Yankee Republicans were gonna come in and ruin everythin'."  Haha.

Was he wrong? (Link to the article if you have it, sounds interesting.)

Couldn't find article (it was a long time ago), but it quotes it on his Wikipedia page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Barnett

Just <Control F> "Yankee."  It really backs up the theory that a huge factor of the South becoming more favorable to Republicans was the influx of conservative Northerners.

Haven't seen much data to back that. The influx of Northerners to South didn't really come until the late 80s/ early 90s.

[White Trash]

Uh, yeah I'm alright.

Are you sure?

Look at what you've done BRTD! You've got them Yankee RINOs quoting me!

Haha, funny thing is the only "Yankee" thing about me is I'm from north of the Mason Dixon, though that's how I assume you meant it.

Proud German descendent!

A Yankee, is a Yankee, is a Yankee. Whether he's a lopeared Dutchman or a bow-legged Bogtrotter! (Both historical terms if you look them up)

Pretty hard to imagine a Democrat calling a Republican a damned Yankee in the year 2016. 

As a Dutchman from the Midwest I have a feeling you'd say the same about my type as RINO Tom's haha.

Bloody foreigners the lot of ye! Don't get nary a bit near my holler out yonder, ye hear? Or else I'd be fixin' to skin the lot o' you carpetbaggin' Yankee folk!

Saw a hilarious article about Ross Barnett arguing for the preservation of a one-party state in the South because "carpet baggin' Yankee Republicans were gonna come in and ruin everythin'."  Haha.

Was he wrong? (Link to the article if you have it, sounds interesting.)

Couldn't find article (it was a long time ago), but it quotes it on his Wikipedia page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Barnett

Just <Control F> "Yankee."  It really backs up the theory that a huge factor of the South becoming more favorable to Republicans was the influx of conservative Northerners.

Haven't seen much data to back that. The influx of Northerners to South didn't really come until the late 80s/ early 90s.

And that's when the GOP started to really make gains...?

I don't have the numbers to show that the number of Northern migrants were enough to sway elections. I'll have to look into that.

[White Trash]

Oh yeah I definitely agree that Northern transplants contributed to the end of the Solid South. But I think that they were likely a minor factor in the face of a myriad of much more prominent and further reaching factors. Northern migrants to Southern suburbs certainly helped in those areas, but there simply weren't enough conservative, Republican Northerners moving into the South to turn elections. Did they contribute? Certainly Were they the main cause? Certainly not. Were they even a major cause? Not likely.