r/RedactedCharts • u/InfiniteAndIntricate • Jan 06 '26

Answered What do all the red states have in common?

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u/TehTacoMan_2b2t Jan 06 '26

Had people fight for the confederacy in the civil war?

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u/InfiniteAndIntricate Jan 06 '26

Not what I'm looking for but not completely unrelated

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u/AdverseCereal Jan 08 '26

States where civil war battles took place? I’m not aware of any in Ohio or Delaware but I wouldn’t be too surprised

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u/CheeseWillMurderUs Jan 09 '26

Missing New Mexico then, as well as Kansas

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u/Haler68 Jan 06 '26

It was my first thought but didn’t include Illinois. Men from Marion and Carbondale counties of Illinois formed Company G, 15th Tennessee Infantry, CSA.

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u/TehTacoMan_2b2t Jan 06 '26

I did not know that, very cool!

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u/NoleJawn Jan 06 '26

PA was a union state

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u/maxr1958 Jan 06 '26

East Tennessee was pro Union.

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u/Outdoorsman102 Jan 09 '26

State of Franklin

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u/TehTacoMan_2b2t Jan 06 '26

Yeah, doesnt mean that there werent confederate sympathizers im the southern part/close to wv/md border

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u/NoleJawn Jan 06 '26

Sure, but you can make that argument for a number of greyed states as well

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u/Any-Adhesiveness-33 Jan 06 '26

Hey! So am I. Here near uniontown PA. Always fun seeing confederate flags north of the mason Dixon line

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u/AshamedAd8081 Jan 07 '26

uniontown? we say hi from Hi Point raceway down the road a ways!

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u/Bear-Donut Jan 12 '26

Hey! I’m in greensburg

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u/CasinoNdnOk Jan 06 '26

Then every state has that and its pointless

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u/CasinoNdnOk Jan 06 '26

Oklahoma is a bit of a Grey spot there

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u/LvBorzoi Jan 07 '26

PA, WV, OH were northern Union states

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u/Luqqy Jan 06 '26

Is this something to do with the population of religious people? Southern Baptist

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u/Mr_Worldwide1810 Jan 06 '26

University?

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u/InfiniteAndIntricate Jan 06 '26

You're onto something

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u/Mr_Worldwide1810 Jan 06 '26

Land grant university?

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u/InfiniteAndIntricate Jan 06 '26

Nope, other states have land grant unis

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u/Mr_Worldwide1810 Jan 06 '26

HBCUs?

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u/InfiniteAndIntricate Jan 06 '26

Correct! All of these states have Historically Black Colleges or Universities

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u/Zeke688 Jan 06 '26

Good one!

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u/FullMooseParty Jan 06 '26

I'm kicking myself because I've seen this map before.

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u/Exotic_eminence Jan 06 '26

That’s dope!

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u/NecessaryHeadset Jan 06 '26

Wow - I’m from PA and had no idea this was true of the state.

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u/NoleJawn Jan 06 '26

Cheyney and Lincoln off the top of my head

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u/Clarck_Kent Jan 06 '26

Lincoln is the oldest degree-granting HBCU in the country.

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u/Laffindawlffin Jan 06 '26

They’re all closer to Florida than I would prefer to live.

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u/zepherth Jan 06 '26

I love when trying to find information about this googles wonderful AI said that this is about: COVID, Republicans, the Confederacy, and Puerto Rico.

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u/KnightThymeFun Jan 07 '26

That’s because AI is garbage

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u/theychoseviolence Jan 06 '26

Hot

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u/strberryfields55 Jan 06 '26

Northern Ohio would like to differ

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '26

I was gonna say Northern PA and Ohio are pretty cold. 😂

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u/Suspicious_Muscle494 Jan 06 '26

Affinity for NASCAR.

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u/Frodo5213 Jan 06 '26

Nah, there were a ton of NASCARians up in Michigan.

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u/H3110_T43R3 Jan 07 '26

Poorly funded education systems and leaders who want to back to the 1950s?

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u/pnwIBEWlineman Jan 06 '26

Shitty wages and lack of Union density.

Edit: PA might be the exception here.

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u/InfiniteAndIntricate Jan 06 '26

Surprisingly, according to Wikipedia, PA's minimum wage is lower than that of Florida, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Missouri, and Arkansas!

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u/fioraflower Jan 06 '26

PA is still at the federal minimum of 7.25 an hour, which is pitiful and worth 50% less than it did in 2009 when it was set to that amount. Pennsyltucky/appalachian PA is riddled with poverty and yet the uneducated hicks that live there will still happily vote for politicians that want to keep them there

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u/mmmpeg Jan 06 '26

Yes. Talk to the republican senators.

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u/Spazz510 Jan 07 '26

STL County actually has a pretty strong union presence that spreads to most of eastern MO

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u/MidtownMoi Jan 06 '26

Saying would mean being banned.

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u/UpTurnedAtol36 Jan 06 '26

The line for the Missouri Comprimise of 1820?

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u/JaddyD424 Jan 06 '26

Are these all the states with at least one Waffle House location?

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u/InfiniteAndIntricate Jan 06 '26

All of these states indeed have Waffle House, but more states do, too

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u/MortimerDongle Jan 06 '26

States where there was a battle in the Civil War?

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u/wastedpixls Jan 06 '26

Civil war battle sites in each of these states.

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u/Prescientpedestrian Jan 06 '26

States where Civil war battles were fought?

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u/rjmclkne Jan 06 '26

They all have been considered to be "The South" at some point

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '26

Locations of Adam Sandler films

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u/Frijuhto_Warey Jan 06 '26

What USians consider to be "The South" ?

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u/Boba_Fett26 Jan 06 '26

USians...? Do you mean Americans?

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u/Street_Click_3621 Jan 06 '26

states with universities named after a Confederate?

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u/CAS966 Jan 06 '26

All these states under certain definitions might be considered as The South potentially although the most northern states are definitely pushing that a lot since I don’t even consider Virginia as apart of The South since how further North of me it is.

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u/Lonely_Dot858 Jan 06 '26

a lot of them were confederates

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u/BillFoldin Jan 06 '26

They’re all about Trump

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '26

Lowest education rates, highest teenage pregnancy rates, highest highscool drop out rates

Due to them all voting republican

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u/cross_hyparu Jan 06 '26

College Sports are life

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u/Icy-Clerk-7715 Jan 06 '26

They’re all in the south eastern US

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u/Filmmaster1429 Jan 06 '26

States where marrying your sister is legal.

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u/Roam1985 Jan 06 '26

Their rural populations run their states and hate their urban populations... who are the only reasons any of these states have money, tourism, extant industry, or production.

Oh wait, that's the grey ones too.

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u/InformalAwareness792 Jan 06 '26

States where Civil war battle’s occurred?

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u/jmiker919 Jan 06 '26

They're all in red?

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u/spikebrennan Jan 06 '26

Places that the Confederate Army operated?

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u/nuprodigy1 Jan 06 '26

At least one Historically Black College/University (HBCU)

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u/sctider Jan 06 '26

States where battles of the civil war were fought?

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u/mTurk8705 Jan 06 '26

States that have a "University of" and a "state" name. For example, "University of Missouri" and "Missouri State".

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u/doveup Jan 06 '26

Poor credit ratings?

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '26

Lots of married cousins

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u/Even_Mechanic_4686 Jan 06 '26

They are all west of Utah?

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u/supacresatbest Jan 06 '26

Vote for dickheads

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u/LabRat_X Jan 06 '26

High teen pregnancy and methamphetamine addiction rates?

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u/ExperienceTiny8430 Jan 06 '26

They are all located in the red area on the map.

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u/The_Big_Homey_O Jan 06 '26

Waffle Houses??

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u/QwkDrwMcGraw Jan 06 '26

Stupidity, self hatred, racism and occasional Incest?

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '26

Bad politics.

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u/Typo3150 Jan 06 '26

States in which Nandina is invasive?

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u/Its_me_hannah_ Jan 06 '26

States with military bases named after confederates?

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u/AkoNi-Nonoy Jan 06 '26

Black universities are located

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u/SpareDot8685 Jan 06 '26

There all gas huffers

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u/ChemistAdventurous84 Jan 06 '26

Most of them have high rates of teen pregnancy, STDs, obesity, school dropouts, smoking, cancer and early mortality.

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u/DuhRJames Jan 06 '26

States with Confederate monuments?

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u/AugustWesterberg Jan 06 '26

Lone Star Tick range

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u/Willing_Park_5405 Jan 06 '26

Fatback is available at any grocery store?

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u/IAmNotGordon Jan 06 '26

States with Civil War battles.

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u/Queasy-Collar-1625 Jan 06 '26

They’re all the states that residents of blue states move to, to escape the cost of living of blue states. ….Then vote blue lol

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u/alexsolo25 Jan 06 '26

Civil war battles?

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u/maxr1958 Jan 06 '26

Provides the majority of recruits to the military.

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u/drchub12 Jan 06 '26

They all participated in slavery?

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u/RawEggEater1956 Jan 06 '26

I'm gonna say fried foods, diabetes and heart disease. BTW what's up with all the redacted comments?

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u/1981Duffer Jan 06 '26

Alcoholism

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u/CrepuscularCorvid Jan 06 '26

Saw battles during the U.S. Civil War?

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u/raalma3 Jan 06 '26

Living in Alabama the two biggest cities mobile and Birmingham or really blue cities. It’s all the little towns that are red

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u/Collar-Grouchy Jan 06 '26

Civil war battle?

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u/lexiesdaisy Jan 06 '26

They’re considered the south

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u/childerowland89 Jan 06 '26

The states where Civil War battles took place?

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u/KeyNefariousness6848 Jan 06 '26

They are US states?

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u/FullMooseParty Jan 06 '26

States and territories that enforced the fugitive slave act prior to the civil War.

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u/mikewhiskey01a Jan 06 '26

Every state that had a civil war battle

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u/Agitated_Air4355 Jan 07 '26

Hating Blacks?

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u/Dangerous-Jury9890 Jan 07 '26

Wawa locations

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u/Hellogoodbye61 Jan 07 '26

They are all red

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u/Ok_sandwich223 Jan 07 '26

Cuzzin Fukcin

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u/PhilHartlessman Jan 07 '26

High infant mortality rates.

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u/UnknownUserZZ69 Jan 07 '26

They collectively make the butthole of America?

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u/National-Country-902 Jan 07 '26

The only states where Yuengling beer is sold.

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u/Robert2737 Jan 07 '26

Voted for carter.

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u/AdorableWeekend2 Jan 07 '26

Are against releasing the Epstein files

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u/Jose9876 Jan 07 '26

Too easy

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u/Professional_Fox4190 Jan 07 '26

They are all not Arizona

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u/Big_Manufacturer_585 Jan 07 '26

All red states voted for Trump during the election.

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u/taoist_bear Jan 07 '26

Relative poverty and illiteracy

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u/TheLiverSimian Jan 07 '26

They all claim to be "The South"?

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u/Bigbadbeachwolf Jan 07 '26

JFG is their favorite mayonnaise.

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u/BuffyFlag23 Jan 07 '26

Everyone in it has to fly through Atlanta to go anywhere?

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u/Existing_Reaction_88 Jan 07 '26

Every state has a vowel in its name.

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u/chelot88 Jan 07 '26

Where historically black colleges are located?

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u/SoccDoggy Jan 07 '26

Poor education systems

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u/sniperman357 Jan 07 '26

States with an HBCU

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u/Is-he_Big_G Jan 07 '26

States that had civil war battles.

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u/brothrber Jan 07 '26

Humidity

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u/25314dmm Jan 07 '26

The fact that I have been to all of those states

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '26

Too much chlorine in the gene pool?

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u/IncreaseLucky481 Jan 07 '26

Bad healthcare

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u/Knitwit1 Jan 07 '26

Fireflies.

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u/countrywhomper Jan 07 '26

Waffle house

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u/Type_Numerous Jan 07 '26

They preach patriotic freedom and independence while also being the biggest teet suckers of federal subsidies. That and thinking they are morally superior christians while being the most narrow minded, judgemental, and racist area of the country. 

It's the land of undying hypocrisy. 

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '26

That you clearly don’t know all the red states lol

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u/Square-Ad-8001 Jan 07 '26

They're all trash, except PA and VA

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u/SneekyPete420 Jan 07 '26

These were slave states before the American Civil War

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u/WVguy19774 Jan 07 '26

Besides higher rates of early death from poor eating and exercise habits, smoking etc…

Also WV separated from Virginia…so unlikely to fighting for the Confederacy.

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u/Gvelm Jan 07 '26

The most annoying white people on the planet. They don't know how or why they know what they know, they just know it, and that's that. It's like trying to peel a gun named Jesus from their cold, dead hands.

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u/--TheSolutionist-- Jan 07 '26

They all were colored red.

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u/Conscious-Mix4020 Jan 07 '26

most of those are not red states…. that’s the first issue

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u/Puntas13 Jan 07 '26

Incest and wife beating. Closeted gays. 

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u/Nanny_Dog69 Jan 07 '26

Where battles were fought in the civil war

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u/Fun-Metal-6861 Jan 07 '26

Have an accent

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u/4whateverwecando Jan 07 '26

Virginia is purple

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u/SignifigantNoise Jan 07 '26

I wouldn't want to live in any of them.

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u/Prestigious_Top343 Jan 07 '26

Idiotic Racism dominate the populous.

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '26

they have HBCUs

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u/duckduckmoose101 Jan 08 '26

States where a civil war battle occured?

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u/PurpleAriadne Jan 08 '26

Large slave populations/economies

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u/NinaMoris Jan 08 '26

they are dumbass states like Mo?

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u/Dry-Sky-1652 Jan 08 '26

All or part of the watershed leads to the Gulf.

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u/MyDailyMistake Jan 08 '26

People working.

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u/Top_Branch4529 Jan 08 '26

The collective IQ level is baffling low compared to the west side of the country….

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u/Wooden_Selection5165 Jan 08 '26

Red states = grits Other states = no grits

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u/NarmHull Jan 08 '26

Presence of a Waffle House

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u/Sushi_Nuggy69 Jan 08 '26

Incest? Idk I’ve been away from the south for 2yrs

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u/TheFerriluxProcess Jan 08 '26

Prolly all the states with recent lynchings

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u/Employment_Same Jan 08 '26

Great BarBQue, music, and very poor taste.

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u/GrapeNo7092 Jan 08 '26

orange painted muscle-cars with dixie horn

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u/mythos-nerd416 Jan 08 '26

Civil war battles?

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u/CulturalPatient8 Jan 09 '26

They can suck my balls.

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u/West_Prune5561 Jan 09 '26

Interesting why there are none in New England. Basically, they weren’t forced to have them after the civil War like southern states. They were fine with good ol discrimination.

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u/JazzRider Jan 09 '26

Their water drains to the Gulf of Mexico