[Wallace T.]

Paralleling the shift of the South to the Republican column is the loss of the Northeast and West Coast to the Democrat side. Coolidge won almost every county in the Northeast, save for a few mountainous counties in Pennsylvania, a couple in the New York City area, and the old slaveholding areas of Delaware and Maryland. Other than inland areas supporting LaFollette, all three West Coast states were carried by Coolidge, even San Francisco and Seattle.

Kansas, however, is consistent: solidly Republican then, solidly Republican now.

[re_nortex]

Paralleling the shift of the South to the Republican column is the loss of the Northeast and West Coast to the Democrat side...Kansas, however, is consistent: solidly Republican then, solidly Republican now.

It's easy to understand why the once-solidly DemonRAT South became Republican. The old FDR-style leftists of the region died off and the "New South" with a pro-business, anti-union Right-to-Work mindset emerged. That paved the way for the remarkable Conservative triumph across Dixie.

What's harder to explain is why Yankeeland took a turn to the DemonRAT party and its leftism. In particular, New England was once staunchly Conservative, going back to John Quincy Adams, Charles Sumner and, of course, President Calvin Coolidge. He'd be appalled at his home state of Vermont not only supported the obama cabal by staggering numbers but has an out-and-out socialist serving in the Senate, Bernie Sanders.

The leftist book, What's the Matter with Kansas? is totally wrong for there are very few things wrong with the Sunflower State. Instead, a more apt title would be What's the Matter with New England? due to its repudiation of its Conservatism heritage, replacing it with extreme liberalism.