Defining "The South" in 2016 based on a war from the 1800s seems rather silly.
I don't care which side Maryland was on in the war, they most definitely are not part of The South these days. Maryland might be the most solidly blue state in the United States now. I was in Washington DC last weekend and this discussion came up briefly in one of my conversations there. The guy I was talking to said "even though we're south of the Mason Dixon line, the South doesn't really start until you get to Richmond".
Similarly, Northern Florida is most definitely part of The South. South Florida (probably starting at Orlando) most definitely is not.
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