Even outside the Northeast, there are certain white rural areas that are Democratic. For instance, the WI/IA border, the area around Tell City IN, or Elliott County KY, or maybe some counties southwest of St. Louis to an extent. I remember we had a thread about this a while ago, and I think someone (maybe it was me) said talk radio signals are very weak in those areas. These areas get radio from nearby cities, but the signals from the right-wing talk stations in the cities just don't happen to reach those areas.
For this same reason, there's actually some precincts in East Texas where Obama got a slim majority or >40% of the white vote. They happen to be in those slivers of land where Houston and Metroplex radio signals don't reach.
Cable TV might be unavailable there too. I'm pretty sure there are some rural areas (even near where I live) where cable isn't available.
In my opinion, this is a case where people who don't listen to radio or TV are actually better informed than those who do!
