Ireally didn't understand what this question was asking. "what forces might account for the pattern? " can anyone me. and how does the relocation of the state capitals promote democracy?

on november 6 and 7, 1917 (or october 24 and 25 on the julian calendar, which is why the event is often referred to as the october revolution), leftist revolutionaries led by bolshevik party leader vladimir lenin launched a nearly bloodless coup d'état against the duma's provisional government.

i'm not certain but i'm pretty sure it was spanish and portuguese america.