East vs. West 

More interesting patterns in previous elections. I posted earlier on Governors vs. Senators, now William Stuntz has a piece on Tech Central Station about Western Candidates vs. Eastern Candidates:

The conventional wisdom holds that America is and always has been divided between North and South. Actually, there is a bigger and deeper divide: between East and West. The West is winning, hands down.

Consider these facts. Thirteen times since World War II, the country has elected a President from West of the Mississippi River. Easterners have won the White House twice in that time, and one of those -- Georgian Jimmy Carter -- beat another Easterner, Michigan's Gerald Ford, the only Eastern nominee of his party in the past fifty years. Eight times, an Eastern candidate squared off against a son of the West. The West won seven out of eight. Four of the seven victories were landslides. The East's one win -- John F. Kennedy over Richard Nixon in 1960 -- was a squeaker. In today's more Western America, it would probably squeak the other way.

He goes on to theorize on why this might be. It's an interesting article and well worth the read. However, if you prefer instead to read angry venom and pure hatred about the South, might I point you to this lovely website. Instapundit provided the link. Ironically enough, he points out that the website registrar is from Wisconsin, which almost went for Bush. I apologize in advance from our fair state for what he had to say.