In their minds? Possible. You know how anxious they are to show everyone down south 'how they do it up north'...
It was kind of a joke, but also kind of serious, along the lines of what you said.
I wouldn’t put anything past people who write buy or read books with titles like What’s the Matter With Kansas?
There’s been a debate in the letters section of the Everett Herald started by one letter essentially saying that the poor of Sno Co are SO STUPID to vote GOP.