[rnovak]

Or, you know, less people vote in the south. In the 2012 Election, southern states all had far less turnout than northern states[1]. Your'e not comparing apples to apples.

Saying the entire south in aggregate is "stupider" because of that is plain wrong.

http://www.electproject.org/2012g

[Roboprog]

1) I said that a difference in values (due to location / population distribution / history ???) made them reason differently, not that they were actually stupid.

2) I also meant to highlight "some do, some don't" by saying "perhaps 51%". Perhaps 51% is even too high, maybe it's just a vocal minority.

3) By calling them (in quotes) "those people" and "other" I was alluding to a certain amount of xenophobia on the part of coastal dwellers when considering fly-over dwellers. And yes, that cuts both ways.

[Spooky23]

In many ways, it's true.

Educational outcomes are far worse in the South. Teachers make less, schools are funded more poorly, especially for poor folk.