[Tribune7]

Iowa, Indiana and Ohio were the Union states that went for Dubya.

Slaves states that went for Kerry were Md. and Del. although both supported the Union (Md. only because Lincoln took put pro-union people in the state government.)

[StJacques]

"Iowa, Indiana and Ohio were the Union states that went for Dubya."

You left out Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Kansas Tribune. Now if you meant to write "were the free states that went for Dubya" you would only include Kansas, admitted to the Union as a free state in 1861.

[CommerceComet]

My state was called "Bloody Kansas" because it wouldn't go along with the slaves states. The Missouri Border Ruffians took offense to Kansas' opposition to slavery and much bloodshed followed. Kansas was anti-slavery and is positively a red state.