1. A Socio-Economic, Demographic Analysis of the Border States: Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, and Kentucky Bob Turner

12. Political Culture Traditionalistic VA, TN, NC Traditionalistic/Individualistic KY

13. Hypothesis State wealth –H1a. States with more college graduates have higher incomes –H1b- States with fewer racial minorities have higher incomes –H1c- States with more high tech industry have higher incomes Crime Policies –H2a. Traditionalistic states more likely to have death penalty; higher incarceration rates –H2b. Poorer states more likely to have death penalty, higher incarceration rates

14. H1a. Better Educated States Have More High Tech Economies

15. Crime Control Policies VA, TN, NC, KY are traditionalistic –all have death penalty –All but NC have higher incarceration rates than national average –All but NC ranked in bottom half of states (KY 29, TN 32, VA 36)