Poor Hungry Whites turned Republicans, an indictment on the system.

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There is a high correlation of a white, rural and isolated population with "low food security" and their trend towards the Republican party.

The irony here is that if these people and their local governments would behave in a more socialist manner, that is to be willing to share more of what they have with their neighbors, they would not be so isolated and have such low food security.

Southern counties that voted more heavily Republican this year than in 2004 tended to be poorer, less educated and whiter, a statistical analysis by The New York Times shows. Mr. Obama won in only 44 counties in the Appalachian belt, a stretch of 410 counties that runs from New York to Mississippi. Many of those counties, rural and isolated, have been less exposed to the diversity, educational achievement and economic progress experienced by more prosperous areas.

The increased turnout in the South’s so-called Black Belt, or old plantation-country counties, was visible in the results, but it generally could not make up for the solid white support for Mr. McCain. Alabama, for example, experienced a heavy black turnout and voted slightly more Democratic than in 2004, but the state over all gave 60 percent of its vote to Mr. McCain. (Arkansas, however, doubled the margin of victory it gave to the Republican over 2004.)
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http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/11/05/us/politics/20081104_ELECTION_RECAP.html
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According to the results of the Census Bureau survey, those at greatest risk of being hungry or on the edge of hunger (i.e., food insecure) live in households that are: headed by a single woman; Hispanic or Black; or with incomes below the poverty line. Overall, households with children experience food insecurity at almost double the rate for households without children. Geographically, food insecurity is more common in central city households. The survey data also show that households are more likely to be hungry or food insecure if they live in states in the Midwest and South.

http://www.frac.org/html/hunger_in_the_us/hunger_index.html
 
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