I'm afraid it's not that simple. I'm up north in Indiana. It's very much a red state. South of us is Kentucky, which is mostly red, but it's governor is a Democrat. East of us is Ohio, which is sort of a mix, but Republicans mostly control it. West of us is Illinois, which is really only a blue state because of Chicago. Most of the rest of it is red. Finally, north of us is Michigan, which is a blue state but also full of crazy right-wing militias, a group of whom got caught with a plot to kidnap the governor. Not sure if they have been convicted yet.

[–] SecretSauces@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Hmm... Then maybe I'm full of shit.

I wonder why there's such a drastic change between those states then. And it seems like there's a clear line where it falls apart, so I chalked it up to party influence.

[–] tehmics@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Geography, like others have already told you.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It’s like the Midwest where the land is flat and everything was planned out on a map ahead of time, is laid out in a grid.

However anywhere with mountains, meandering rivers, earlier settlement before map planning, is laid out by settlement patterns strongly influenced by natural features

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

I think it's a rural vs. urban thing mostly.