2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: There are 4 contests this weekend. Sanders is favored in 3 out of 4: Go Kansas, Nebraska, and Maine! [View all]Attorney in Texas
(3,373 posts)vote in the states of the SEC? Leaving aside the Hispanic vote and the African American vote and all other racial and ethnic minority votes, how are white voters in the states of the SEC responding to the progressive candidate in the race as compared to white voters outside of the SEC states?
Leaving all African Americans out of the equation, the Deep South isn't overly welcoming of Progressives, and is especially unwelcoming of Progressives from the Northeast (not to mention Jewish Progressives from the Northeast).
Ask yourself: When someone from one of the states of the SEC calls someone else a "Yankee," are you of the impression that they generally mean this as a positive compliment on their geographic home state? We're in agreement that the phrase "Damn Yankee" is more commonly heard in the South than the phrase "Beloved Yankee," right?
No one is disputing that there are Klansman outside of the states of the SEC, but isn't it an indisputable fact that the predominance of these Klansmen are in states of the SEC? Do you think it is the African Americans in the states of the SEC that have not socially ostracized such blatant racists because I don not subscribe to that view even one bit. There is a hostility to Progressivism in the Deep South that has nothing whatsoever to do with the African Americans in those states.
THIS IS NOT A RACIAL ISSUE, BUT IT IS NOT A SECRET THAT THE DEEP SOUTH IS LESS PROGRESSIVE THAN MOST OF THE US.