Beet
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« on: January 10, 2017, 06:49:04 PM » |
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Kansas for the Republicans. The state was born in the same tumult as the GOP in the 1850s, and since then, it has been one of the most reliable Republican states. It was Alf Landon's home state, Dwight Eisenhower's home state, and "we're not in Kansas anymore" brings to mind leaving the epitome of white bread middle American farm country to any place unknown or mysterious.
New York for the Democrats. The party, the spoils system, and political machines were invented here in the early 19ty century. Outside the Confederacy, no one rioted harder against Lincoln than New Yorkers. The New Deal was invented here, and the New Deal realignment started here, too. Yes, California is diverse, but not as diverse as New York City, with its Italians and Jews and Blacks and Asians and Puerto Ricans and all else. This was always America's immigrant Mecca, it's Mos Eisley Cantina.
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