Obama’s Secret Weapon In The South: Small, Dead, But Still Kickin’

States in the Deep South traditionally vote Republican in every presidential election. However, a string of “blue” counties curve through Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. And the reason for this political anomaly seems to lie with ancient oceans and dead plankton.

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Obama’s Secret Weapon In The South: Small, Dead, But Still Kickin’

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