But, there are popuation islands of mixed Northerneres, Mid-Westerners, and Westerners.
And I live in one of those in SC. My votes doesn't count for much, even at the county level. But, taxes are low because they do not care for their children. When all your children are grown up and on their own elsewhere, that's not a problem.
Alex
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
-- Isaac Asimov