Late to the Party?: An Analysis of the Delayed Nationalization of the Upper Midwest

• In Event: Political Parties and Public Opinion

Brief Overview

As late as 2010, seven of the nine House or Senate members from the Dakotas and Montana were Democrats; today there is only one. We explore the delay in nationalization in these states using rhetoric of candidates in different venues.

Authors

• Scott Limbocker, United States Military Academy, West Point

• Seth Philip Benson, United States Military Academy, West Point