Why were areas of the South so much more Republican than surrounding areas? (user search)
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« on: June 17, 2009, 02:42:23 PM »
During the Solid South period, most counties south of the Mason-Dixon line voted in extremely high percentages for the Democrats. However there were a few specific areas that were consistently much more Republican than the surrounding areas with similar demographics. Does anyone know why this was?

Here is a map from 1940 with several such areas circled:
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« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2009, 07:35:24 PM »
Was there any particular reason why these areas were more Unionist?
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