I think you mean the northern states. We, in the South, have done a lot better job than the north or other states electing conservatives. Get your facts straight. In the past the southern dems were a lot more conservative than now.
“In the past the southern dems were a lot more conservative than now.”
That’s not my point. The South ( and the Mid-South) have tended to elect people in perpetuity to office. Old Robert Byrd went from his Senate seat to his grave. McConnell, Alexander, Cochran, Old Helmet Hair (the other guy who was a lifer in MS), may be Republicans, but they are not doing anything to solve this nation’s problems and should be thrown from office. But I will bet that it will be a miracle if any of these jerks are removed from office by their constituents this year. I just hope I am really wrong. Southern Democrats rode the slave ships to Washington after the civil war and stayed until they died.