It is offensive to Obama as an individual, but these people actually do hate Obama as an individual, so that's not surprising.
There's plenty of conservative majority areas outside the South. I'll try to list them:
Alaska
The eastern 80% of Washington
The eastern 90% of Oregon
Northern California east of I-5
Southern California minus Los Angeles County
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Utah
Northern 95% of Nevada
Arizona
New Mexico
Colorado
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
North Dakota
Iowa
Southern 90% of Illinois
New Hampshire
Middle 80% of Pennsylvania
Northern 80% of New York
Northern half of Maine
Indiana
And of course, around every major city there tends to be a suburban/exurban area that leans Republican. For example, the northwest suburbs of Boston, the eastern suburbs of Seattle, etc.
Democrats get by in elections by dominating the 1/3 of the population that lives in the cities themselves to the tune of 80-90% of the votes.
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