Everyone here thinks Kentucky is like the Deep South. It isn't yet - and might not ever be.
Kentucky had some of the first civil rights laws in America, and it's never had a statewide "right-to-work" law yet - and might not ever.
Strom Thurmond, George Wallace, and Barry Goldwater were electorally demolished in this state.
Yeah, because Elliot County couldn't be a fairly racist and culturally backward community and still vote Democrat?? Lol, k.
Yet they voted for the black guy twice while Democrats collapsed everywhere else in Appalachia.