What's the big deal about Northern vs Southern candidates?

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Originally posted by DWAlphaGam
Do people really think that southerners are so closed-minded that they won't vote for someone who's not "one of their kind"?

Yes, no matter how many of us shout from the rooftops that not all southerners are provincial dimwits.

Would southern people really vote for W over a northern democratic candidate just because he's southern?

White southerners most certainly would. Black southerners pretty much vote Democratic exclusively, even when it may not be in their best interests to do so. That's why you're going to see the Democratic candidates speaking out more about race over the next few weeks as they head into states with larger Black populations.