Why Indiana is so conservative ?

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My thought is that given that Illinois has larger immagrant populations, even back then, more industrialized and more urban. Indianna is essentially a Illinois without a Chicago or other big cities. The power is in the urban areas, which were even developing back then. Indianna on the other hand was and is largely rural. Also the state of Indianna was mostly settled by Southerners that came north, not Northerners that came West. This may still be an influence today, voting trends can often be passed down through the generations, especially in states like Indianna that hasn't seen massive immagration, unlike Illinois.

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In other words a great deal of the North is very conservative, its just swamped in states that contain too many big cities.

How many is too many big cities? Don't tell me, Enough for the Dems to win?

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Do you think that in the future if the Democratic nominee was from Indianna or the VP, could they win it, assuming the political situation is the same or similar.

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