*Jumps in as actual Jayhawker*
All Midwestern states have roughly the same conservative to liberal ratio. While there are many "conservative Democrats" in other Midwestern states, there aren't in Kansas. Most of Kansas Democrats reside in Topeka, Lawrence, and Kansas City. In all three areas, Democrats are pretty liberal. Thus, the average Kansas Democrat is more liberal than other state's Democrats, meaning they have a much harder time winning statewide offices.
Sounds right, but how was Sebelius able to win easily?
