Uncle Herman Speaks:

[Admiral Yi]

He referred to some mitigating factors. He just implied that these mitigating factors were sufficient to make up the difference. He did not do the math (with publicly available statistics) to demonstrate that the mitigating factors were actually sufficient to make up the difference.

Gotcha.

[Razgovory]

Aren't you a Herman fanboy or something?  Were you the one who said how impressive he was?

he does have the most impressive resume of any non-Mormon candidate.

In that he never screwed up anything in public office?

[ulmont]

dixiecrat =/= democrat

Yeah, it means "Republican," at least for the last 20 years.  Realignment is over and done; ticket-splitting is a thing of the past.

However, my contention doesn't go that far. I'd agree that Republicans have a plurality of voters in the South. But not a majority. Independents form the balance here same as everywhere else.

I'll accept that.  Of course, you realize that most "Independents" consistently vote for one or the other of the two major parties...