Interesting map available on the NYT home page shows the places where McCain did better than Bush did in 2004:
You can see why John McCain’s principled stand against higher taxes on the wealthy would have a special resonance in this region. Liberals who thought race had something to do with those appeals should be ashamed of themselves.
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