| | Star athletes from the Midwest are too numerous to list, but include Gale Sayers (football, from Kansas), Roger Staubach (football, Ohio), Larry Bird (basketball, Indiana), [[LeBron James]] (basketball, Ohio), and Jimmy Connors (tennis, from southern Illinois). | | Star athletes from the Midwest are too numerous to list, but include Gale Sayers (football, from Kansas), Roger Staubach (football, Ohio), Larry Bird (basketball, Indiana), [[LeBron James]] (basketball, Ohio), and Jimmy Connors (tennis, from southern Illinois). |
| | [[Midwest]]ern Democrats are more likely to stand against the [[pro-abortion]] position of the national [[Democrat Party]]. For example, in 2022 enough members of the [[DFL]] in the Minnesota House were [[pro-life]] to thwart attempts there by other DFL members to expand [[abortion]].<ref>https://www.minnpost.com/elections/2022/07/handful-of-dflers-who-oppose-abortion-could-be-key-to-dfl-keeping-mn-house-control/</ref> | | [[Midwest]]ern Democrats are more likely to stand against the [[pro-abortion]] position of the national [[Democrat Party]]. For example, in 2022 enough members of the [[DFL]] in the Minnesota House were [[pro-life]] to thwart attempts there by other DFL members to expand [[abortion]].<ref>https://www.minnpost.com/elections/2022/07/handful-of-dflers-who-oppose-abortion-could-be-key-to-dfl-keeping-mn-house-control/</ref> |