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[–] oddjob 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

The thing is, the Southerners are more religious than they are Libertarian.

To over simplify, The Democratic Party used to be very strong in the south because they were religious. Democrats wanted to use the govt to give money to the poor and used Jesus's teachings as justification. Then communism came and the same actions that Democrats wanted to do had a new reasoning and dropped the religious reasons. Republicans started picking up Southerners by catering to their religious beliefs and now they practically have every political office in the south that isn't in a major city.