Comment by crazygringo

> it suggests that most people are easily swayed by their local peers.

That feels like a particularly uncharitable interpretation to me.

I think it's more along the lines of that parties and their policies have very different impacts on different regions. So it makes sense to vote on what is beneficial to your region, and a lot of people will agree on that.

So it's not about susceptibility to being "swayed", but genuine policy affecting regions differently.