Summary of David A. French's Divided We Fall

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#1 As of 2019, there is only one state with a divided legislative control, Minnesota. The other forty-nine states are controlled by a single party. Republicans control thirty-one state legislatures, and Democrats control eighteen.

#2 Americans are self-segregating by lifestyle, and their votes are beginning to reflect this. The Northeast, Southeast, and Pacific Coast are dominated by red and blue states, respectively.

#3 The Pacific Coast is a deep blue political and cultural enclave. California, Oregon, and Washington have created a coherent blue culture on the West Coast. The South and the Upper Midwest are dominated by red culture.

#4 The New York Times published a series of ratings maps in late 2016 that showed how a show can be popular without breaking through cultural and ideological lines. The Game of Thrones map is the Hillary map. Its appeal is heavily clustered in deep blue coastal cities, something that’s completely unsurprising to this suburban Tennessee resident.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jul 17, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822547841

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Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

As of 2019, there is only one state with a divided legislative control, Minnesota. The other forty-nine states are controlled by a single party. Republicans control thirty-one state legislatures, and Democrats control eighteen.

#2

Americans are self-segregating by lifestyle, and their votes are beginning to reflect this. The Northeast, Southeast, and Pacific Coast are dominated by red and blue states, respectively.

#3

The Pacific Coast is a deep blue political and cultural enclave. California, Oregon, and Washington have created a coherent blue culture on the West Coast. The South and the Upper Midwest are dominated by red culture.

#4

The New York Times published a series of ratings maps in late 2016 that showed how a show can be popular without breaking through cultural and ideological lines. The Game of Thrones map is the Hillary map. Its appeal is heavily clustered in deep blue coastal cities, something that’s completely unsurprising to this suburban Tennessee resident.

#5

The causes of the Civil War are well-known: slavery. However, the South also seceded over states’ rights, which was a myth. The truth was that the South seceded to preserve and possibly expand slavery.

#6

The first three elements made up the South’s belief that its culture and essential liberties were under