05-02-2020, 06:22 PM
It is safe to assume that the states look as if they mostly switched by 180 degrees between the 1950's and the Double-Zero decade. This misses that the states in white and dark blue (except for Tennessee and to a more regional level within the state, Texas) were generally not the battlegrounds for the Civil Rights struggle. Eastern Tennessee was staunchly Republican out of a long-time hostility to the slave-owning planters of the western part of the state, when the state split on secession and the planter elites tried to draft soldiers from eastern Tennessee as cannon fodder. It is telling that the Union had a swift advance through eastern Tennessee that is amazing for a mountainous area -- unless the locals support the invader as a liberator. Think of Italy in World War II; the last part of Italy to be cleansed of German and fascist Italian control was the flat valley of the Po River.
With the exception of New Mexico and perhaps Florida, the states in white include many of the best-educated states in America today. Both Eisenhower and Obama won college graduates decisively. Demographic change (huge growth in the Mexican-American population)may be the difference between Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico going R in the 1950's and D in the Double-Zero Decade)... but I doubt that Ike had real trouble with Mexican-Americans as voters. In the 1950's, income strongly correlated to Republican voting. It weakly correlated to Obama support for the first time in over a century.
Obama and Eisenhower, I interpret, have shown similar in temperament and style. Both are what I call "mature Reactive" leaders (if you want to know what I consider an "immature Reactive, then consider the angry people who use government to elevate their self image with abuse of power and use their power to a large extent to settle scores. Fascists, most Stalinist butchers, and most of Stalin's puppets in central and Balkan Europe fit the pattern. Thus the bloodthirsty Ferencs Szalasi (fascist puppet of Hitler and Holocaust perpetrator) and the bloodthirsty Matyas Rakosi (Commie butcher and hard-line Stalinist) in Hungary. If you are looking for an American -- David C. Stephenson, charismatic leader of the Indiana Klan who has remarkable similarities to Adolf Hitler. The Mature Reactive can be a very good leaders in war or peace. The Immature Reactive is about the worst sort of leader possible under any circumstances due to his viciousness. His type brings mass death through war and persecution. (OK, Adlai Stevenson was not going to be trouble for starting wars or persecutions).
Unless as a VP pick, Reactive types do not figure in the 2020 election whether mature or (God Forbid!) immature.
With the exception of New Mexico and perhaps Florida, the states in white include many of the best-educated states in America today. Both Eisenhower and Obama won college graduates decisively. Demographic change (huge growth in the Mexican-American population)may be the difference between Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico going R in the 1950's and D in the Double-Zero Decade)... but I doubt that Ike had real trouble with Mexican-Americans as voters. In the 1950's, income strongly correlated to Republican voting. It weakly correlated to Obama support for the first time in over a century.
Obama and Eisenhower, I interpret, have shown similar in temperament and style. Both are what I call "mature Reactive" leaders (if you want to know what I consider an "immature Reactive, then consider the angry people who use government to elevate their self image with abuse of power and use their power to a large extent to settle scores. Fascists, most Stalinist butchers, and most of Stalin's puppets in central and Balkan Europe fit the pattern. Thus the bloodthirsty Ferencs Szalasi (fascist puppet of Hitler and Holocaust perpetrator) and the bloodthirsty Matyas Rakosi (Commie butcher and hard-line Stalinist) in Hungary. If you are looking for an American -- David C. Stephenson, charismatic leader of the Indiana Klan who has remarkable similarities to Adolf Hitler. The Mature Reactive can be a very good leaders in war or peace. The Immature Reactive is about the worst sort of leader possible under any circumstances due to his viciousness. His type brings mass death through war and persecution. (OK, Adlai Stevenson was not going to be trouble for starting wars or persecutions).
Unless as a VP pick, Reactive types do not figure in the 2020 election whether mature or (God Forbid!) immature.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.
