In the Deep South, the “Red Wall” and History Collapse
In a Washington Monthly column, Colin Woodard argues the Deep South's "Red Wall" collapsed on November 3, with Democrats winning the region-wide Senate vote by 5 points, claiming South Carolina, Georgia, and Texas, and forcing Trumpism back to Greater Appalachia. Reading the results through his regional-cultures theory, he credits the Deep South's black turnout and El Norte's repudiation of Trump—he quotes Lyndon Johnson predicting the Democrats' loss of the South—and calls the gains historic, with it now up to Democrats to deliver accountability.
