Western states and medical marijuana

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New England Liberalism is...weird.

New England, on a whole, follows such a different political dynamic than the rest of the country that it nearly defies explanation.

Maybe it has a more authoritarian streak?

Or it's a religion issue [again, keeping in mind that trying to use religion to explain politics in New England will usually lead nowhere]...

Or, more likely, it's just due to a confluence of circumstances--the way the groups happen to pan out, not any "New England Character"

See : Puritanism.