Taylor has a colony of religious extremists as well as the Old South Dixiecrats that became Reagan Republicans.
Leon has a solid group of extreme liberals - the food co-op that started in the 70s is still going strong and the land co-op that began a little later is the home to many political activists. Many of those activists were on my Obama campaign team for the 2008 election.
Even Jefferson and Gadsden counties have started turning more blue - partly because of urban sprawl has sent some Democrats from Leon to those counties but also because the black populations in both counties have begun to really flex their political muscles.
Wakulla is our deep red county - tea baggers galore. It was a major uphill push in 2008 to get volunteers and to keep those volunteers safe when they were canvassing!
P.S. - I got my left knee replaced in May and I was doing so good my surgeon went ahead and did the right one in July. I did physical therapy solid between the two operations and being as fit as I could get made recovery from the second operation easier. So easy in fact, I overdid it and had to take it easy for a couple of weeks.
I'm glad I got both done close together. I wanted to get them at the same time but there were medical reasons not to do that and it's worked out very well for me. Plus, I reached my maximum out of pocket expense with the first knee and shouldn't have to pay much more for the second.
Do as much exercise/physical therapy between now and your next knee replacement - it WILL help! Good luck - it's great to not have pain every time you move, though the new knees tend to stiffen up if you don't.
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