I have a lot of extended family in South Dakota. As far as I can remember from seeing them yearly, none of them were Democrats and they all spoke highly of Reagan. I guess South Dakotans (is that a correct term?) were born with common sense.
Yeah, that's the correct term, madam.
By the way, outsiders seem to think that North Dakotans, South Dakotans, Nebraskans, and Kansans, are all the same, when in fact there's quite significant differences among them (although "common sense" is a trait they all have).
We resemble each other about as much as penguins resemble apples.
North Dakotans tend to be feisty little scrappers, probably because North Dakota is owned by Minnesota, and they don't like it, but have to live with it, as nothing can be done about it.
South Dakotans tend to be laid-back, mellow, at ease, nonchalant.
Nebraskans can't help themselves being nice people, even when it's against their own best interests.
Kansans tend to have less of the flashy pizzazz and bravado of their northern neighbors, but more substance, depth, and character in them. When it comes to character, integrity, and principle, Kansans are the model for the rest of the world to emulate.
Nebraskans are the tallest (mostly because of our predominant Danish derivation, the Danes being the tallest people in Europe, and our conspicuous consumption of dairy products), Kansans the shortest.
Women from South Dakota are generally considered the most attractive; and not only among these four states, but among all 50 states of the union.
Ostensibly Nebraska males are the most gifted in a certain attribute, but don't quote me on that, as there's no way to really check it out.
Kansas and Nebraska, plus Iowa to the east, have the highest literacy, the highest high-school graduation, the most college-graduates-per-capita, rates in the country.
When it comes to this quality-of-life stuff, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas are usually the top three of the 50 states, in no particular order (among the top three), although sadly with its increasing blueness, Iowa doesn't shine as much as it used to; in another ten years or so, Iowa's probably going to drop out of the top three, probably being replaced by North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah, or Idaho; one of those.
