The regional differences in the social aspects of republicanism were very important, as they help shape the regional republicanism that still has so many differences from the national perspective. The national scope remained and remains intact, but overall the regional differences helped shape a party that found in the connection with the territories one of its greatest strenght.
Back then, the southern republican tend to be religious and conservative (and they also tend to be pro slavery) Meanwhile, the northern republican tend to be more open minded, which benefit from the industrial revolution
