“NonSeq is from Kansas, the dark red heart of Republicanism.”
You mean like Kathleen Sebelius?
Or Rod Blagojevich?
She's the second Democrat elected Governor in the state..ever. You want to show me any Confederate state that comes within a country mile of that mark?
The South has a long and inglorious history of electing Democrats and suckling the Federal teat. Quite a contast from the Mid-West, or the North east of 50 yearrs ago.
Take a look at a color map from FDR's expansionist reign if you don't believe it.