What states support protectionism?

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

I believe shua posted a thread in the history board showing how the legislature voted by state for various wars and treaties. The main opposition to NAFTA, based on my recollection of that, was the upper Mid-West and upper New England.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

I believe shua posted a thread in the history board showing how the legislature voted by state for various wars and treaties. The main opposition to NAFTA, based on my recollection of that, was the upper Mid-West and upper New England.

I don't think I ever did NAFTA. Was probably someone else who posted that.

I believe PA has been relatively protectionist for most of its history.

Come to think of it, perhaps it was True Federalist.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

I'd imagine that support for protectionism would be higher in the Midwest and in the South while opposition to it would be higher in the Northeast and in the West

Are you sure about the South being more protectionist? The South has always been very hostile to trade unionism, so I don't know if the South would be very supportive of protectionism. The Jacksonian Upper South/Appalachian regions sure, but the core such as  AR, TX,LA,FL, MS, GA,AL,SC,NC/VA,TN, would be free trade supporters.

Though perhaps an exception, I believe both of Alabama's Senators at the time may have voted against NAFTA; even one would have been a bit of an outlier in the South. I believe as well that among Reagan's few decisions to increase tariff protections were multiple cases in which tariffs were increased on textiles which are big in, among other states, Strom Thurmond's South Carolina.