Snowstalker Mk. II
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« on: November 28, 2012, 01:00:34 PM » |
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Doubtlessly in 2008 (at least AR and maybe WV). Despite all the crowing, AR/WV/KY (not so much Tennessee these days) not only elect Democrats at a state level, but somewhat liberal ones (not leftists, but to the left of Manchin/Beshear). However, the Democratic Party has moved to an economically centrist (and not the populist/Blue Dog type of centrist) and socially progressive position which turns off a lot of whites who are willing to vote Democratic but dislike the packaging (race is a factor, but not the factor). In 2012, Arkansas would probably be a tossup (depending on how the economy was and who the nominee was), while WV/KY/TN would all be Lean/Likely R thanks to coal (and again, Tennessee has become more Republican).
There is also the factor that some liberals, especially affluent white liberals, claim to be tolerant and accepting of all while bashing and stereotyping all white Southerners as Bible-thumping, alcoholic, racist, and meth-addicted. That sort of cultural elitism is unacceptable against blacks and Latinos as it should be, but is it so wrong to say that white Appalachians, like all lower-income people in America, shouldn't be bashed and stereotyped?
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