Actually, that sociopolitical result has tended to happen whenever the state capital and the home of a (major) state university are the same city, or even next door (as in the case of Lansing MI, and E. Lansing (MSU)). For other reasons, too, certainly, but the correlation for this pair is 100%, if I'm not mistaken (not certain about Columbus, OH, but I'll bet Columbus-area FReepers could bring me right up to speed on that (w!)).
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