Why is Indiana a Republican State?

[Person Man]

I heard that its basically part of the "Butternut" reigon, where Southerners have migrated across the Ohio to work in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and Pennsylvania....and probably Indiana is really white, too...its where the KKK formed when it was basically the Tea Party of the 1920s which helped push through Prohibition and  3 Conservative Presidents, back to back.

[Person Man]

Oh...the KKK you are talking was dealt with pretty quickly. The KKK was a major part of the Indiana GOP in 1920s. About 20% of the electorate was in the Klan in the mid 1920s.  In 1926, it was about as big as a deal as the Tea Party was in 2010....and it wasn't just about racism, either...it was basically part of the bigger authoritarian lean of the 1920s...you know, Prohibition, Eugenics. All the fun stuff that right-wing social engineering has brought us.  

..and let's not forget that in the Civil War, there were a lot of Confederate sypathy in Indiana and rural Ohio.

[Person Man]

Well, the Klan was, from my knowledge, against that...but they were also very anti-labor. Not only were they violently culturally conservative, but class conservatives as well.

[Person Man]

They were 25% of the electorate.