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fixed that for you I know, that's why I clarified it. The thing is though, that the Great Lakes have little in common with most other 'Mid-Western states'. They are dominated by something that all those other states absolutely lack and have a history that they lack as well. I actually think...

There's a difference between social influence and election influence. For instance, the way that the electoral college works allows for any marginal constituency to be significant and certain counties are so culturally mild that they have historically stood as political barometers. Another...

LA county hasn't expanded for the first time in living memory, New York is the fastest shrinking city in the US.

More, there's the North/South divide in all of those regions. For instance, North Dakoda is very different from Texas, Idaho from Nevada, Maine from Alabama. So a minimum of six major regions, probably more.

Your map is a bit misleading. This is the Mississippi. It narrows sharply towards the South, and dead-ends into the Appalachian and Rocky Mountains. I'd guess that less than 50% of the mainland US is covered by it. Plains cultures also tend towards having issues with being stable powers...