Why is Indiana so conservative anyways?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Actually it's not out of sync with the region. Look at the county map and ignore state boundaries.

Indiana lies in the middle of a very conservative region. However all the other states in it contain major cities or less conservative areas that can cancel the votes from that area out. Indiana doesn't, as its largest city is a relatively conservative one with uber-partisan GOP suburbs.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Now add Cincinnati and its suburbs and you basically have the state.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

The Indianapolis area does NOT go Democratic.

Indianapolis proper does yes, and this does contain many decidedly non-urban areas (although they're more spread out and checkered than I would've expected I learned after visiting. There actually are some pretty suburban style areas close to the center of Marion county). But the suburbs everywhere outside of Marion are uber-GOP.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

It's not the Bible Belt though because while conservative and religious, there are few Southern Baptists.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

It's not the Bible Belt though because while conservative and religious, there are few Southern Baptists.

FYI, The Bible Belt doesn't refer to just Southern Baptists. You could make an argument that all the 2004 Bush states are part of the Bible belt, given that moral values were the main issue.

You do know what a "belt" refers to when referring to a geographic area, right?

Traditionally, the Bible belt states are the confederate states adding Kentucky and Oklahoma (little Dixie that is), subtracting parts of Florida (Orlando and south of it)

Correct. Not every religious conservative area. If it is then it's a majority of the country area-wide.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

You still are failing to realize that socially conservative does not always equal theocratic or pro-religious right. You have the state with the highest per capita rate of strip clubs in the country listed as a theocracy. Also the Dakotas' alcohol and gambling laws are far more lax than Minnesota's, especially South Dakota. You'd never see that in Mississippi.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

*bump*

Angry Weasel's maps are even more hilariously stupid after the election.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

What? I've never been to a place without privately run liquor stores.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

What? I've never been to a place without privately run liquor stores.

You wouldn't have had to go far. The liquor store in Northfield, MN is run by the city.

There's only one?