Associate Justice PiT
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« on: November 19, 2010, 04:08:20 PM » |
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New England used to be a yankee Republican stronghold. They're pretty much gone by now, so New England has trended strongly towards the Democrats as a result. NH & VT were the yankee Republicans' strongest states, so they have trended the most (though NH can still elect Republicans, as the 2010 elections demonstrated).
Notice that CT & ME trend more weakly than NH & VT, & that MA & RI trend more weakly still. MA & RI are the most historically Democratic states in New England, while CT & ME fall in the middle. My guess is that New England is moving towards greater similarity in the voting patterns of its states.
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