@Jorro because the poverty levels in those states is so low they would make deals with deamons to save their church from what they see is the devil. The church is more of a lifeline than the government and the states are at the bottom of wealth comparisons. They don’t have programs to help the ones that can’t survive. The church does. Then they use race to divide the masses so they don’t team up and overthrow the wealthier people who hold the power.