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Joplin May Be Reddest Corner In Missouri

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Fri, 10/24/2008 - 4:00am

In the last two presidential elections, Missouri has voted Republican. In the southwest corner of the state, there's a town near the Oklahoma-Kansas border that's been mostly Republican since Democrat Woodrow Wilson was president.

The town's barber says he was surprised to hear people speaking favorably about the Democratic ticket.