re: Is Kentucky southern?

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2. Kentucky never held a popular vote to secede because the state leg. was made up of transplanted midwesterners and old school whigs

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Not sure where you get this?

Early America was 2 parties

Federalist = landed gentry, lawyers, bankers (modern day 1% folks)
Democratic - Republican = farmers, merchants, workers, craftsmen, etc

Henry Clay started as a Democratic - Republican as his father was well respected but poor. When he died, his mother married $$$$, and he began to switch sides. Henry Clay's wife (native KY with VERY rich daddy) was $$$$ and their marriage cemented Henry Clays transition from Democratic - Republican to Whig (what the Federalist morphed into). Very similar to the Turtle today, started poor but was seduced by the power and $$$$ of the Dark Side. While folks argue constantly about modern politics, the Republicans are the "new" Federalists and the Democrats are the "new" Democratic - Republicans.

Old Kentucky was folks from the East who migrated West as land opened up. The names of early KY were the descendants of MD, VA, TN, SC, and such. Biggest source of transplants was Virginia.