On Sep 8, 2011, at 11:14 AM, SA wrote:
> The Alabamians and Vermonters vote very differently, but not because they're trying to bolster some special regional economic interest at each other's expense.
Well there are the old high wage/low wage conflicts, and the extractive/dirty industry vs. finance interests. Texas = oil = climate skeptics, New York = finance = fewer climate skeptics. Etc.