are the north and the south fighting agian?

Question

it seems to me that many government officials in the north lean more twords the democratic parties, and in the south they lean more twords republican parties. do you think that america is being split up by democrats and republicans like it was split up in the past? if so give examples, if not give examples. be nice please.

Answer 1

Not fighting, but the north/south legacy is still apparent when you look at the general red vs. blue maps of presidential elections. However, if you look at the more general pattern over the US, it is really a split between urban (Democrat) and rural (Republican). Take a look:

http://bigpicture.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/us_map_electoral_prop.jpg
http://beingornothingness.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/pic_corner_20041027_electmap.jpg

Answer 2

Unfortunately, this country has always been divided. It would be nice if there were no parties, just individuals running for office - but individuals who really cared about solving our problems.
If you watch the news during elections, you can definitely see a division of the country where parties are concerned. If you notice the Northern states are mostly Democratic because they are more open spaces, farm lands, small communities. The South seems to have a hold on the national business conglomerates and big business is always Republican. Another issue is that there are a lot of hispanic and black individuals in the South that don't vote. Their vote could change the party status of that State. But because of laziness, lack of information and motivation for change, or being afraid to vote, only a small percentage of the true community is represented.
Government has gotten TOO big and people just don't have faith in it anymore. Ideas that the founding fathers had have been radically changed and grown out of proportion. I concede that government has changed with the times to meet the needs, but some laws are totally ridiculous and have no real meaning or baring. Some laws are so confining that government has stifled our "freedom".
If you really look at the world since the beginning of time, there has always been a dispute between individuals, political interests, countries and governments. Wouldn't it be nice if for once everyone got along and worked for the good of each other? I guess I'm sounding like a Miss America contestant when they ask what is the most important issue for them and they say "world peace".

Answer 3

The South used to be known as the Solid Democratic South, no Republican ventured into their turf. Then the Liberal wing of the Democratic party, Pass the Equal Rights Amendment, Civil Rights Act, Affirmative action. Equal accommodation to Public Facilities And School Desegregation. The Federal government deployed federal troops to the south to enforce the desegregation of White only school; and University. The whites did not go out without kicking and screaming,they left the party and joined the Republican Party over One issue Equal Rights (legal Discrimination.)
I do not care what they do now,That their choice.

Answer 4

There is a far wider political divide between cities and rural areas in terms of politics. Enough so that during the last redistricting Republicans split cities into large misshapen rural voting districts in an attempt to dilute their Democrat votes among larger Republican pools.

Answer 5

I think that the two worse presidents this country has ever had came from the old south and they were not republicans.

Answer 6

i dont know but i hope they draw the line between oklahoma and texas.ill be on the front lines fighting against the racist,immoral,judgemental repubs.(im just kidding.sort of)

Answer 7

We are not even close to a civil war.

Answer 8

They stopped?

Answer 9

Oh no... NOW I'm stuck in Florida FOREVER!!!

Answer 10

Who told you we quit.