Post by Clovis Merovingian on Mar 15, 2019 10:18:00 GMT
So below is a map of the USA in I believe 1860 showing a division between free states, slave states, and territories that were not states yet.
And below are a map of the red state, blue state election result maps averages for 2012 election.
Below is another map averaging the last 4 elections
A map below showing the redness or blueness of a state in degrees.
This is a link for a similar comparison showing a map of slave states, free states, and territories as compared to the map posted above showing average results of the last 4 elections. ortholife.co/slave-state-free-state-map/
What this generally shows is that the slave states (the south) and the territories vote Republican while the free states tilt Democrat. The states in the (slave state) south where the Democrats can win elections are states with heavy immigration from Yankee snowbirds from the free states like Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida. The states in the mountain west territories that are competitive for Democrats are areas heavily settled by either left coasters escaping California or Mexicans escaping Mexico in Nevada, Colorado, or New Mexico.
Thus I think that on a broad statewide level the United States can be subdivided into four cultural and political regions.
The Union (the free states of the North)
The Confederacy (the slave states of the South including Oklahoma as it is culturally southern)
The Wild West (the territories of the mountain west possibly including Alaska)
The Pacific States (California, Washington, Oregon, possibly including Hawaii)
So, the point of this is me having a suggestion. Perhaps the people of these four regions needs would be served better if the USA was balkanized into four countries following these pre Civil War lines. Perhaps with our country so divided culturally and politically along these regional lines the denizens of these regions would be far happier being under democratic laws created by their own culture. If these "slave states" were independent than I would be living under a government and laws that would be to my liking far more than the current Union where I am saddled to Yankees and Left Coasters and their policies. It would also stem the tide of Yankees immigrating to my region and trying to change our values in a way that we in the south DO NOT appreciate in the slightest. Anyways, this is a thought experiment of mine.
And below are a map of the red state, blue state election result maps averages for 2012 election.
Below is another map averaging the last 4 elections
A map below showing the redness or blueness of a state in degrees.
This is a link for a similar comparison showing a map of slave states, free states, and territories as compared to the map posted above showing average results of the last 4 elections. ortholife.co/slave-state-free-state-map/
What this generally shows is that the slave states (the south) and the territories vote Republican while the free states tilt Democrat. The states in the (slave state) south where the Democrats can win elections are states with heavy immigration from Yankee snowbirds from the free states like Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida. The states in the mountain west territories that are competitive for Democrats are areas heavily settled by either left coasters escaping California or Mexicans escaping Mexico in Nevada, Colorado, or New Mexico.
Thus I think that on a broad statewide level the United States can be subdivided into four cultural and political regions.
The Union (the free states of the North)
The Confederacy (the slave states of the South including Oklahoma as it is culturally southern)
The Wild West (the territories of the mountain west possibly including Alaska)
The Pacific States (California, Washington, Oregon, possibly including Hawaii)
So, the point of this is me having a suggestion. Perhaps the people of these four regions needs would be served better if the USA was balkanized into four countries following these pre Civil War lines. Perhaps with our country so divided culturally and politically along these regional lines the denizens of these regions would be far happier being under democratic laws created by their own culture. If these "slave states" were independent than I would be living under a government and laws that would be to my liking far more than the current Union where I am saddled to Yankees and Left Coasters and their policies. It would also stem the tide of Yankees immigrating to my region and trying to change our values in a way that we in the south DO NOT appreciate in the slightest. Anyways, this is a thought experiment of mine.
