Georgia's Very Own Megathread!

[Virginiá]

LOL Virginia being a part of the south

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Becoming more Democratic doesn't mean it's no longer Southern.

[Kringla Heimsins]

Wasn't Virginia the flagship of the damn confederacy ? The home state of Robert Lee ?

[BuckeyeNut]

Wasn't Virginia the flagship of the damn confederacy ? The home state of Robert Lee ?

Yep.

[Virginiá]

You must be really stoned if you think that map is legit... but who cares anyways

Huh? That is the Census map of the Southern United States.

If you have a different idea of what now constitutes the South, maybe you should actually describe it so we all know what you're talking about. It's a better idea than just sitting here making insulting posts, as if everyone should obviously know & be devoted to Young Texan's secret Southern definition.

[Cashew]

You must be really stoned if you think that map is legit... but who cares anyways

Huh? That is the Census map of the Southern United States.

If you have a different idea of what now constitutes the South, maybe you should actually describe it so we all know what you're talking about. It's a better idea than just sitting here making insulting posts, as if everyone should obviously know & be devoted to Young Texan's secret Southern definition.

It's the culture that determines whether or not a particular place is southern, not some arbitrary line drawn in 1767.

[Virginiá]

It's the culture that determines whether or not a particular place is southern, not some arbitrary line drawn in 1767.

But then who becomes the arbiter of Southern culture? I never really went past NoVA but as I understand it a large part of that state could still be considered Southern in culture, in which area size may be relevant here since we're talking about geographical regions. With that, would Virginia have been considered Southern in 2005?

It seems better to call a state Southern if it's in what is defined as the geographical South. If the culture has mostly "de-Southernized," then it seems more fit to say something like "New South," as some demographers have done in relation to political trends.

[Kringla Heimsins]

Is Virginia still a majority southern baptist state ? I feel that this could be one of the most important objective marker of "southerness".

[Cashew]

Is Virginia still a majority southern baptist state ? I feel that this could be one of the most important objective marker of "southerness".

It was quite shocking when I looked at pew research and found Virginia to be 10% southern baptist, compared to 25% for Alabama. Especially when you look at this map



So apparently the hegemony of southern baptists is overstated, with bare pluralities in most parts of the map the norm.

[Adam Griffin]

It was quite shocking when I looked at pew research and found Virginia to be 10% southern baptist, compared to 25% for Alabama. Especially when you look at this map

Is that all Baptists, or just white evangelical Baptists? Throughout most of the South, this can make a big difference.

This report from Pew says that VA is 15% Baptist as far as what would be the likely definition of SBA; white evangelicals. Another 11% are black Baptists or Baptists who fall into neither category, for a total of 26% Baptist.

By the same measurement, GA is 34% Baptist; NC 31%; SC 34%. Even if you just at whites, it's 15% in VA and 21%, 20% and 22%, respectively. Not a huge difference there. I don't think using a Baptist litmus test is an ideal way to measure it.

[Gass3268]

Is Virginia still a majority southern baptist state ? I feel that this could be one of the most important objective marker of "southerness".

It was quite shocking when I looked at pew research and found Virginia to be 10% southern baptist, compared to 25% for Alabama. Especially when you look at this map



So apparently the hegemony of southern baptists is overstated, with bare pluralities in most parts of the map the norm.

Also looking at that map I would guess that a majority of the state lives in a Catholic or Methodist county.

[Heisenberg]

^Yeah, I think Catholics (NOVA and Virginia Beach) and Methodists (coal counties) together are a majority of the state. That's one way to measure the decline of "southernness" in Virginia, more objective than its move to the left.

[Kingpoleon]

^Yeah, I think Catholics (NOVA and Virginia Beach) and Methodists (coal counties) together are a majority of the state. That's one way to measure the decline of "southernness" in Virginia, more objective than its move to the left.

Methodism is a map overlaid with German-Americans, alongside Lutheranism. I would wager the two combined would cut amazingly deep into the Baptist map, particularly in counties with large numbers of people of German descent.

[Bojack Horseman]

You must be really stoned if you think that map is legit... but who cares anyways

Huh? That is the Census map of the Southern United States.

If you have a different idea of what now constitutes the South, maybe you should actually describe it so we all know what you're talking about. It's a better idea than just sitting here making insulting posts, as if everyone should obviously know & be devoted to Young Texan's secret Southern definition.

It's the culture that determines whether or not a particular place is southern, not some arbitrary line drawn in 1767.

Well in that case, based on the policy of our lawmakers and governor, my home state of Michissippi should be on the map of southern states.

[heatcharger]

I wonder if now that Sally Yates is out of a job she'll consider running. I'd vote for her in a heartbeat.

[The Other Castro]

I wonder if now that Sally Yates is out of a job she'll consider running. I'd vote for her in a heartbeat.

As it turns out...

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http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2017/01/30/sally-yates-a-new-georgia-face-to-trump-resistance/

[krazen1211]

I wonder if now that Sally Yates is out of a job she'll consider running. I'd vote for her in a heartbeat.

Lol. We have the next Wendy Davis!

[Chief Justice Keef]

Carter/Yates 2018!

(I know Governor and Lt. Gov. aren't on the same ticket, but still.)

[andrew_c]

Yates should run for state AG.

[BuckeyeNut]

Yates should run for state AG.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Yates should run for state AG.

[justfollowingtheelections]

An interesting article from AJC:

http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2017/02/01/the-georgia-fervor-to-draft-sally-yates-as-a-sign-of-democratic-angst/

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My guess is that she won't run for anything.

[Young Conservative]

Update: Democrats learn nothing from the past or from America.
News at 7.

[PMHub]

Update: Democrats learn nothing from the past or from America.
News at 7.

Care to elaborate?

[Adam Griffin]

Must be preparing for another run - very high-energy!

[publicunofficial]

Must be preparing for another run - very high-energy!

The asterisk shows a man with ambitions for higher office.