the Santorum Belt.
Hey do ho. From Nate Silver.
All of the states that Rick Santorum has won so far — North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Tennessee and Colorado — are contiguous with one another, forming a belt that stretches north-to-south through the midpoint of the country.
Although it is aesthetically pleasing to look at this on the map, most of these states have relatively low populations. Mr. Santorum has so far not been able to expand map eastward into the industrial Midwest — although that will change if he pulls out Ohio. He has also been blocked by Newt Gingrich so far in the Deep South.
A state that would appear to be within the Santorum Belt, Kansas, holds its caucuses on Saturday. And Alabama and Mississippi, which vote a week from today, are on the southern frontier of it.
Sigh. The Santorum Belt. Dan Savage jokes notwithstanding… this is either “The Real America” or a stretch of America a coastal elitist will go ahead and consign to the fifth circle of Hell.  Not wanting to debate who would make a better president or the repercussions of political decisions, I would just as soon walk into a Ron Paul belt, if one could exist.