Edited by author 11-12-2000 06:46 PM
The path through the Bible Belt captures the cities of Raleigh, Columbia, Atlanta, Montgomery, and Jackson.

Cities in general pack more people per square foot than outlying areas.

I suggest the key to electoral preference is population density. Stay with me here. The density of human bodies in a contained space, per se, gives rise to social stress. Social stress gives rise to social problems such as alcoholism, crime, and violence. The presence of social problems precipitates an interest in government intervention to solve the problems. Ergo, the party that offers the most government solutions (for better or worse) gets votes in densely populated regions.