Political Culture

I agree with Zach, Kayla, and Sarah that our political culture is conflictual. The main categorization in our country is Red states and Blue states. Our political culture is so different in each of these states because of their large differences in location, job occupation, values, and factions within. Red states are in the middle of the country, on farms, while Blue states are on the coast and in big cities; Red states have traditional values, while Blue states have modern values. I completely agree with Alyse that the difference between how a ''red-stater" is raised and a "blue-stater" is raised causes the differneces in their political beliefs. They go their entire life living in their state, being taught right from wrong, and only seeing their views as the correct views. All these factors will defiantly cause an influence on their political culture. Brooks thinks that their political beliefs are so different from each other that America has become divided between two systems.  Red states are "traditional, religious, self-disciplined, and patriotic" while Blue states are "modern, secular, self-expressive, and discomfited by blatant displays of patriotism." Franks believes that this "deep divid" really is nothing to worry when expressed with his high school metaphor. High school is filled with factions, but Frank focuses in on the faction between nerds and jocks. Each one knew the other would always be there, and neither of them did, or could, do anything about each other. This was just life, there would always be factions, and there is nothing anybody can do to prevent them. Overall, political culture is expressed to be conflictual by both Brooks and Franks. 
Below is a picture of Blue America versus Red America. You can clearly see how Blue America is mostly on the coast and Red America is in the middle of the country. This map shows you not just Blue and Red states, but individual regions in each state that are Blue and Red.
-Do you think Blue regions in Red states are blue because they have more physical things in common with Blue states? Or do you think their values are changing as America is becoming more modern and technology is advancing?