Why Is Socialism Doing So Darn Well in Deep-Red North Dakota?

[Volaris]

7. New revenue from oil and natural gas development helped pad them against the nationwide recession,

but I grew up there, and its not called socialism, it's called Farmer's CO-OP's. And they have existed since before the New Deal. The state tends to trend red only on social issues because most of the population stems from Lutheran and Catholic heritages, but other than that (ideas of Goverment usefullness, economics, competency of local regulation and such), it tends to actually be pretty liberal. And, like most places, its not ALL the people who think that last clinic should be closed. More than a HUNDRED people were protesting in Fargo last week, and in a city with a population of roughly (ONLY) 100,000 people, thats kind of a lot. You get that % in New York, LA or DC, and people take notice...

They vote Republican because, since Eisenhower, it's just what's been done, mostly.