The Midwest

[RINO Tom]

I've never seen another definition. Big Ten country is a subset of the Midwest.

Like, this is just the correct definition, haha.  That is why I think it's so weird that we have all of these discussions about where "The South" is ... the Midwest is SO different going from North Dakota to Michigan back to Kansas and to Ohio ... but all of that area is just quite literally the Midwest.

[RINO Tom]

While we're on the subject, I think this is the most basic breakdown for me (I think that just because DC was such a crutial "breaking point" in the Civil War, I am fine with letting Maryland and Delaware shed their original Southern stock for Northeastern):

However, if we are going to divide by subregion, my map would look something like this:

THE NORTHEAST
Dark Red: New England
Red: Non-New England Northeast
Pink: More Mid-Atlantic

THE SOUTH
Dark Green: The Deep South
Green: Clearly Southern but significant differences from the Deep South
Light Green: Part of the geographic region that is the South, some culturally Southern areas, but a very significant population of people who would not identify as Southern

THE MIDWEST
Dark Blue: The core of the Midwest, Big Ten Country, etc.
Blue: The Plains, clearly Midwestern but different culturally than Big Ten Country (more of a Western influence)
Light Blue: Really just fits into the Midwest by default ... parts of it are Plains-ish (KC), parts are Midwestern (STL), parts are Southern

THE WEST
Dark Yellow: West Coast
Yellow: Southwest
Light Yellow: Mountain West
Gray: When you do subregions, Alaska and Hawaii really just deserve their own, LOL.