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In reply to the discussion: 5 Reasons to Stop Talking Sh*t About People From the South and Midwest [View all]jeff47
(26,549 posts)God and guns generally works for rural Republicans. It generally does not work for urban Republicans - they care about tax cuts, not "values".
As for those "business" types, it's going to greatly depend on the sector of the business.
RTP is importing people to work in high-tech companies. Which means highly educated workers, which skews towards Democrats. They tend to be libertarian to liberal. God and guns isn't going to work at all. And the libertarian streak often fades as the person gets older and realizes that they actually do benefit from government services.
Charlotte is importing bankers. The high-end of that wants tax cuts, but they rely on a whole lot of people working below them with a variety of views. But again, God and guns doesn't matter as much to them.