It's about race

At least in the South. Publius at Legal Fiction via Lean Left:

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Whatever the reason one might offer, any plausible explanation of these numbers must account for why 85% of whites in once-solidly Democratic Mississippi supported Bush, while 90% of blacks supported Kerry. It must also account for why Republican support increases as the African-American population increases. In my opinion, the simplest answer is the probably the correct answer - it has to be race . . .

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It's an interesting post and reinforces the idea of the GOP becoming the Angry White Christian Bigot Party. A good blog too, politics with a legal slant.