“Over time, traditional Democratic support has eroded at the local level, a decline aided by the Internet and 24-hour cable news, which have allowed Republicans to “more easily connect local politics with what’s happening nationally,””
LOL. This was my favorite part. Translated, it says:
“Over time, traditional Democratic support has eroded at the local level, a decline aided by the Internet and 24-hour cable news, which have prevented the MSM from continuing to trick the conservative voters regarding just who the Democrats are.”
Probably another reason obama would love an internet kill switch lol.
Southerners used to vote Democratic in statewide and local elections for a century. The Republican Party was associated with the defeat of the South in the Civil War and then with Reconstruction. But the Civil Rights Era changed Southern loyalties to the Democrats first in presidential elections and then at the state and local levels. The last Southern state not to go completely GOP remains Arkansas.