Is the Civil War map over?

[buritobr]

Until 1924, the presidential election map looked like the map of the Civil War. In 2000/2004/2008/2012, the map looked like the map of the Civil War again, but with switched parties. Do you think that this map is over forever? Do you think that in the next presidential election, the Democrats will win Confederate States like Virginia, and maybe Florida, North Carolina and Georgia, and, at the same time, the Republicans will win Union States like Iowa, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan and maybe New Hampshire and Minnesota?

[pbrower2a]

Republicans have won Indiana reliably, losing it only in 1932, 1936, 1964, and 2008. Virginia seems to have become a Northern state.

What has really happened? The Southern Agrarians (big landowners) and teh Corporate Right of the North (which wants a return to the Gilded Age) are on the same side in politics and are about to crush anyone that gets in their way. Both now concur in their sadistic greed and their disdain of any dissent.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

2018 and 2020 elections will decide this and so will reapportionment.  But very few Latinos live in MI, WI and PA compared to NY, IL and CA.  That's why they voted opposite this year.  But Democrats in the upcoming cycles will bridge the gap against Trump nxt time.

[eric82oslo]

2018 and 2020 elections will decide this and so will reapportionment.  But very few Latinos live in MI, WI and PA compared to NY, IL and CA.  That's why they voted opposite this year.  But Democrats in the upcoming cycles will bridge the gap against Trump nxt time.

Almost the only thing I can think of that is positive with the outcome of this election is that the Democrats will get a much easier path in order to be in control of the 2020 reapportionment now than if Hillary had won. Thinking long-term, that could potentially be almost as important as controlling the Supreme Court.

[buritobr]

Maybe, we will see this map in 2024

[SingingAnalyst]

Thanks to 100+ years of interstate migration, probably yes. There are probably more confederate flag flyers per capita in rural Michigan than in greater Atlanta.