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| Authored by: gstovall on Thursday, June 07 2012 @ 09:37 PM EDT |
Interesting perspective.
I live in the south, and from my observation and understanding, the south was
historically a Democratic stronghold. Most of the places I've lived in the
south have only seen Republican influence arise since the 1970s and 1980s. I'm
sure there are some that had a racist motivation as you indicate; there are
racists all around with all skin colors and backgrounds and thought patterns.
However, I think more of the change that is seen is that the people in the south
tend to be more conservative and traditional in perspective, and as the
Democratic party began to veer toward a more secular and liberal policy
standing, it abandoned/rejected many of those conservative democrats. Given
that the US is essentially restricted to a two-party system, that provided the
opportunity for the Republican party to come in and appeal to those conservative
individuals left behind by the Democratic party.
[personal anecdote]
My grandfather was Democratic party chairman for his county for many decades.
As far as I know, he voted straight ticket in every election. However, he was
NOT happy with any of the candidates for many years. He'd never bad-mouth them,
since that would be inappropriate as party chairman, but he certainly couldn't
praise people so at odds with his religious and social and economic beliefs. It
seemed he just kept hoping there would some day be some redemption for the
Democratic party. I think it was actually a relief for him when he retired from
that position. The whole time that he was the chairman, he always told my
grandmother how to vote. After he retired, he finally told her she could vote
how her mind and heart led her. In private, she giggled and said, "I
always voted how I wanted to anyway". :)[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: SpaceLifeForm on Thursday, June 07 2012 @ 11:22 PM EDT |
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Jurisdictions outside Texas have imitated
Ward's court, Reines says, but plaintiffs are attracted to East Texas "by the
long-standing perception that juries in the Eastern District of Texas are
respectful of government rights like patents more than the average American
juror and are generous when it comes to damages awards." Research suggests that
patent holders won 80% or more of the cases brought there compared with 60%
elsewhere, says Robin Cooper Feldman, a professor of patent law at the
University of California, Hastings College of the Law.
The
rest of the article is interesting.
Recommended.
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You are being MICROattacked, from various angles, in a SOFT manner. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, June 08 2012 @ 11:20 AM EDT |
"Also remember that the juries are all local people and different
locations
possess different cultural biases."
Heh. Yeah, speaking of cultural bias...
Not sure where you're getting this East-Texas vs. West-Texas rivalry idea from.
Or that East Texas would qualify as a "poor district".
Or that the South consists primarily of "dirt-poor white people"
(except West Texas?).
Ever heard of the Spindletop oil field (Beaumont, TX.)?
The Eastern District includes Denton and Collin counties, which are among the
100 hightest median household incomes in the U.S., as of yr. 2000.
The Western District cuts through central Texas, and is about 1,000 miles wide.
Nobody I know thinks of it as "that oil-rich Western District".
Feel free to make your own relative wealth comparisons...
http://www.txed.uscourts.gov/page1.shtml?location=info:division&division=she
rman
http://www.census.gov/did/www/saipe/data/statecounty/maps/iy2010/med_hh_inc2010.
pdf
Signed,
An Amused Texan
(But not of the Eastern District!)[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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