Most liberal Southern CD?

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I'm leaning towards VA-08, but what do y'all think?

That or the south Florida ones (FL-19, FL-20).

As far as districts surrounded by other Southern districts, mine (NC-4) would be in the running.

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I'm leaning towards VA-08, but what do y'all think?

That or the south Florida ones (FL-19, FL-20).

The most Democratic is FL-17, at D+35, FL-19 is D+21, and FL-20 is D+18.

I know FL-17 is a majority-minority district, but I don't know whether the blacks (or whites) in that district are socially liberal.

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Define "the South"

You're including Missouri?

Yes.

Perhaps I should rephrase that question. Why?

Former slave state, large black population, bottom half of the state is more Southern than not.

Isn't most of the black population in Kansas City and St. Louis? Even if the bottom half of Mo. is culturally southern, the KC and StL areas are not.

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The red states are truly Southern states.  The blue states are somewhat Southern states, but have aspects that make them not so.  The gray states are absolutely not Southern.

I agree with you on the ones marked red, but I would've also marked NC and TN red as well.  I can see TX, FL, and VA having aspects that lessen the "old south" influences, but why TN and NC?

In N.C., the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area (and to a lesser degree) Greensboro and Charlotte have some non-Southern aspects to them.

The least "Old South" part of Tennessee is Nashville, which even then has less of a non-Southern influence than parts of NC and VA.