Why does the South usually vote for Republicans?
913300
The south has always been typically more conservative.  The south was actually predominantly Democrat before the civil rights movement, these were called the Dixiecrats.  Now the Republicans are more interested with lessened government interference in economic matters, and many Southerners agree with these statements.  In the north the population is more condensed into cities, which tends to promote more liberal ideals, while in the south things are typically more spread out, which lends itself to more conservative thinking
32865
Because the Republicans get the most votes? *shrugs* Just a thought
900877
To me, it goes back to the Civil War, when the Confederacy was red and the Union was blue. In other words, Republicans(today, even though roles were reversed back then) are in many ways still like the Confederacy, pretty much all the states that were in the Confederacy are still Republican.
952114
People I know say they vote Republican because they want morality and fiscal responsibility.   After a while they couldn't ignore the magnitude and the cynicism of the betrayal their elected official were perpetrating.
752278
Because one of the big problems with Republicans these days is that they're forced to do everything for the benefit of the Republican party, rather than for the benefit of their constituents.\n\nPeople realized this, and elected Democrats because they will actually do what they are supposed to do... or at the very least they will not be punished for doing so.
253965
Because the Republican party favors unrestrained capitalism and private citizens to look out for themselves, come Katrina or high water.\nGO BUSH \n- FAR  AWAY AND NEVER COME BACK!
197632
The republicans wanted to have a stronger central government, controlled by representatives from the states, which could enact treaties and laws on behalf of everyone. The Federalists wanted the states to have the most power, and were afraid that a central government would become oppressive and tell them how to run their states. It was especially important in the issue of the slave trade, which was economically very important to the southern states to keep it, and politically important to the northern ones to end it.
1000280
Because they pick and choose areas of the republican agenda that they like. Such as religion. Remember, S.Carolina and Arkansas are in the bible belt. \n\nPraise God, and pass out the welfare!!\n\nThese are your basic morons who believes an invisible man in the sky wants Bush and company to lead the country into the rapture. They are also too lazy to work while waiting for the second coming, and too stupid to think for themselves, so since Bush says God told him to president, well then, "I'm is an apublican too, by golly."
795699
Republican leaders have realized that the more educated a person is the more likely they are to vote for a Democrat, so if they cut funding in our schools those cute, little future voters will vote Republican when their time comes because they won't know any better.
1108661
It's "herd mentality"- think of a herd of sheep. It's the driving force that causes people to vote Republican. The inability to think for oneself so a person just follows the crowd without questioning anything.
758266
well, the majority of them don't.  The chance of the exit polls being wrong in Florida, Pa, and Ohio is 16 million to one\n(they showed Kerry winning in a landslide) so the majority of Americans wanting Bush but the rep secretary of state in Ohio, and republican owned voting machines rigged it for Bush.\n\nThose that do vote for Bush tend to be religious right thinking the reps actually do something about abortion besides rhetoric and using it for votes and who forget the liberal teachings of Jesus substituting their own beliefs thinking they are being good Christians rather than hypocrites or sincere people who are misguided or not openminded, rich people, people who think they have a shot at the American dream, people who hate helping people with social programs, hypocrites, etc.  Some are moderate reps unhappy with the neocons but who can't bring themselves to vote for a liberal. Some are in the habit of it thinking today's reps are like those of old which they aren't.  Many of them hate the poor and are excessively into war and fear.
639041
Southern states there is inbreeding which makes for mental defect, we in the north are working, honest people that know that the Repuglicans are no more moral or upright then the democrats, but the repuglicans favor big business in every legislation, the tax cut for the very rich being an example. The democrats tend to want to help the poor and middle class. Like raising the minimum wages and such.
1069960
I dunno. I have lived in the south for 38 years, being born and raised in central N.C., in a little town called Faith, N.C.. That little town was/is home to some of the nation's most powerful klansmen, and to this day has never had a single black resident. While it's true, they do have what some would consider conservative values, to call one a republican is a MAJOR insult. They are democrats. And proud of it. Go figure. I personally think it has a lot to do with the fact the Lincoln was a Republican, and they don't want to be associated with his political party. I'm constantly picked on my these old men, because I call them oxymorons. Only I'm smart enough to only do it in jest. I ain't going out of my way to offend anyone who can ghost my ass on a whim. But I remember at the age of 16, I had a broken antennae on my AMX, and one of the old guys told me my "ariel went republican on me". That's their way of thinking. When something is broken, it's gone republican.
271298
There are two types of Republicans in my opinion- those who are Republican because they are rich and enjoy the way our economy works, and those who are Republican because of their moral beliefs.  I think that when deciding which party to belong to, many Christians try to pick the lesser of two evils (ah, the irony).  They choose the Republican party because of their moral beliefs and then, with the other side of the Republican party's ideas in mind, spend their money to help the poor through their church rather than through their government.  There's far less bureaucracy if done this way, and you know your money will be going towards its intended use.  I also think there's more emphasis on homosexuality and abortion because for one, the government has many services in place to help the poor and impoverished (redundant?), so their efforts are placed elsewhere.  I also don't think that in the time Revelation was written that abortions were as prevalent as they are now.  It's become a bigger issue, so people have made it a greater cause.  \n\nHowever, you pose an extremely valid question.  I've become increasingly fed up with the way big business works in this country (and others), and I really SHOULD do something about it.  I think you've just indirectly encouraged me to give more to Christian charities and pay way more attention to candidates and stuff.  I might even take up reading the paper again.  :P
386096
because we southerners believe we where right ( at least some still do)..as for the term Yankee, it is used for anyone from the north, so don't feel insulted, they are just still alittle sensitive about the north winning..........the only part of the south i thought was really wrong was slavery !!! no man should own another............
744849
No and no.\n\nFor several decades, most African Americans have been Democrats, and tend to vote democratic. There are Republican African Americans, but they are a minority within their ethnicity.\n\nUntil the 60's or so, most white southerners were Democrat (AKA "Dixiecrats") and black southerners were Republican -- when they were allowed to register and vote at all. This was in reaction to Lincoln's having been a Republican. \n\nSince elected Democrats, and the Democratic party tended to favor civil rights and racial equality, southern Blacks switched parties, and segregationists switched to Republian (over the next several decades).\n\nBy no means are all Caucasions Republicans. Not even close.\n\nMembers of unions long tended to be Democrats, and the split was more along economic class lines.\n\nNow the biggest split seems to be that of rural vs. urban -- with city dwellers voting Democrat, and those in sparsely-populated areas voting Republican.\n\nBut these are general trends; there have always been exceptions.\n\nRemember, African Americans are only about 12% of the US population -- if the two parties represented those two races, Democrats would be a minor party.
643014
not sure... probably a few more registered republicans... but there are a lot of independents out there too that vote for one of the two main parties... those are the ones that seem to determine who win...\n\nThe elections don't prove anything... there are so many people who vote for other parties and so many people who are not affiliated with a party... Clinton won two elections in the 90s and I doubt the numbers have changed much since then...\n\nDo the republicans have any grasp of logic what so ever?