RChildress107
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Interesting piece by Nate Silver and Allison McCann.
Short Answer: yeah but not as much as you would think.
Short Answer: yeah but not as much as you would think.
Probably skewed due to so many southern Democrats that haven't voted for a dem in forever. Just legacy political alignment.
Not sure there are that many of these left
who do they vote for at the state level? Feels like you would have to be pretty old to have voted democrat at one time but not anymore (at least on the national level).
edit: It would not surprise me though. Very little about eastern NC does.
Must....make.....data.....fit... into......preconceptions...
Hahaha. Which matters more in politics? Voter registration or voter behavior?
Very few people care enough to change their original voter registration. If they registered a Dem thirty years ago, it's not that likely that they have changed it. I'd like to see them ask a question, "How have you voted?" before asking other questions. This should be factored into the graph.
I don't know about straight Republican. That's far fetched. But vote Republican in national elections (Reagan Democrats)? Yes.
I'm not saying straight Republican. Few people vote straight tickets any more. But millions of southerners have become Republicans. If your family is indicative of the public, it proves my point. This could be enough to skew studies like the one cited above.