re: #381 BongCrodny

If you want to see something interesting, check out the electoral map from the 1952 and 1956 elections.

A sea of red everywhere — except in the southeast.

Wikipedia - 1956 Election results

Those two elections had more to do with Ikes popularity (the 52 one, a hero of WW2,, the 56 one, 4 years of relative quiet and prosperity as well as the Dems recycling Stevenson/ Kefuafer) than anything substantially political

Ike lost the south both times because he wanted segregation and most southern dems (hello, Al Gore Sr.) were against it