Democratic vs. Republican strongholds.

[coloradodem2005]

I was told that in the distant past, the south was a Democratic stronghold and the midwest and northeast were Republican strongholds. Now everything has changed. I know that Nixon had the Southern Strategy, but when were the midwest and northeast Republican strongholds? Did they used to be more conservative?

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Yes, we used to have a lot more moderate conservatives here

in Maine anyway.

[Lefty48197]

2. Republicans lost New England and the midwest

when they all became a**holes.

[Literate Tar Heel]

3. and they won the South

when they all became bigots and homophobes

[ButterflyBlood]

4. the parties changed more than the regions did

Minnesota used to actually be a very very Republican state. But when FDR came, all the union workers and farmers started to vote Democratic, and of course the party merged and became the DFL. Then of course the GOP turned to the wacko right. It's pretty similar in the rest of the Midwest.