[Heartofsong83]

Very much so. The north is also relatively rich (not at US levels but well above world average), the south is Third World country.

[Torie]

Here is a projected result speadsheet thingie assuming each of the five regions keeps doing what they are doing (the precentages are only of the three party vote, so they will be a bit lower in actuality, but proportionally lower, with the relative spreads the same):

   Calderon       Dinosaur      Socialist
0.421633438	0.203790594	0.374575968