Will the Rust Belt become the new Deep South?

[Sea-Spit]

I mean in terms of being stereotyped as being the backwards region of the country much like how the South was in the early 2000's

[Agonized-Statism]

If it eventually becomes the Republicans' base, we could certainly see the cultural caricature of a backwards Republican shift. It's a possibility- the Deep South has opportunities for economic growth now that the Midwest just doesn't seem to have, and every bit of automation that the response to in Washington is "just learn to code" will push them further and further in that direction. Their towns have been dying since at least the 1970s with no end in sight. Entire generations have lived through nothing but painful managed degrowth. Maybe Michigan will be tomorrow's Mississippi.

I think we're already at a point where the average Republican that people conjure in their minds is Joe Six-pack who could be from anywhere in amorphous rural America. This thread is a good read on that: https://talkelections.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=461757.0

[DS0816]

I mean in terms of being stereotyped as being the backwards region of the country much like how the South was in the early 2000's

Why do you think this area in the U.S. is trending away from the Democrats?

[Vice President Christian Man]

Perhaps later in the century, but I think in the short term, the big 2 (Wisconsin and Michigan) will look much like how Iowa+Ohio looked during the 20th century, while I anticipate there might be enough Democratic growth in suburban Philadelphia to cancel out or at least slow the GOP gains in Pennsylvania.

[darklordoftech]

The Deep South has been seen as “backwards” for as long as it has existed.

[Senator Spark]

Absolutely. With the population loss continuing, it's bound to happen. Democrats are not benefitting from losing votes in the cities. On the other hand, Rs need to slow the damage in the suburbs.

[BG-NY]

Yes. And the northeast will become the new Rust Belt.

[Drew]

If it weren’t for Evers and his veto pen, WI would probably be there right now.  Just take a look at our state legislature, Supreme Court, and Ron Johnson.

[Schiff for Senate]

If it weren’t for Evers and his veto pen, WI would probably be there right now.  Just take a look at our state legislature, Supreme Court, and Ron Johnson.

Not at all! In the Deep South rural areas that are mostly white (and there are enough of them) give the GOP 75% of the vote or more, sometimes crossing 90% (like Winston County, AL, and two counties in LA). In contrast, rural Wisconsin is still comparitively moderate. Of all 72 counties in your state, just two gave Trump over 70% (Florence and Taylor - and he didn't reach the 73% mark in any).

[chalmetteowl]

I mean in terms of being stereotyped as being the backwards region of the country much like how the South was in the early 2000's

it's ALWAYS gonna be Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama...

those rust belt areas have seen modernity. the people of the Deep South don't care if they're modern as long as they have the power. we're just too racially polarized to progress.

[Del Tachi]

The Deep South has been seen as “backwards” for as long as it has existed.

Dumb post.  Did you forget that five of our first six presidents were Virginia slavers?  lol

It is literally the Southern aristocracy that founded our country.  It was actually puritanical Yankees who had the reputation of being "backward" in the centuries between Jamestown and Fort Sumter

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

The Deep South has been seen as “backwards” for as long as it has existed.

Dumb post.  Did you forget that five of our first six presidents were Virginia slavers?  lol

It is literally the Southern aristocracy that founded our country.  It was actually puritanical Yankees who had the reputation of being "backward" in the centuries between Jamestown and Fort Sumter

The Southern slaveholding elite was influential, far in excess of their numbers, in many offices, elected or otherwise, and a lot of the maturing of the American state was under their auspices. This maturing is what helped give America a certain institutional stability for centuries to come.

[OSR stands with Israel]

The Deep South has been seen as “backwards” for as long as it has existed.

Dumb post.  Did you forget that five of our first six presidents were Virginia slavers?  lol

It is literally the Southern aristocracy that founded our country.  It was actually puritanical Yankees who had the reputation of being "backward" in the centuries between Jamestown and Fort Sumter

Virginia is the Upper south though and not the Deep South

[Del Tachi]

The Deep South has been seen as “backwards” for as long as it has existed.

Dumb post.  Did you forget that five of our first six presidents were Virginia slavers?  lol

It is literally the Southern aristocracy that founded our country.  It was actually puritanical Yankees who had the reputation of being "backward" in the centuries between Jamestown and Fort Sumter

West Virginia is the Upper south though and not the Deep South

FTFY

[Xing]

I doubt white voters even in states like Ohio are going to vote 90% Republican, so probably not.

[Scottholes 2.0]

If it weren’t for Evers and his veto pen, WI would probably be there right now.  Just take a look at our state legislature, Supreme Court, and Ron Johnson.

Exactly!

[Alben Barkley]

Looking forward to things being set right again with the 2052 map:

[All Along The Watchtower]

lolno