The Partisan Divide on Issues

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(01-27-2022, 11:12 AM)David Horn Wrote:

(01-26-2022, 03:21 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:

(01-26-2022, 11:23 AM)David Horn Wrote: Yes, some places are decidedly Blue and others Red.  But many places are Purple, and I don't know how that plays long term.

It's hard to say. I would put it many places are decidedly Blue and others Red.  But some places are Purple.

The purple states like Texas, Nevada, North Carolina and Arizona are places people are moving TO, and they are moving slowly toward blue. The purple states like Ohio, Iowa, and even PA, MI and WI are places people are moving from, and they are trending more toward red. And then there's Florida.... white retirees moving in, and immigrants moving in..... still seems trending red.....

Virginia is still Purple, but it's very geographical here.  Cities and Northern Virginia (NoVA) are Blue, and most of the rest is Red (very Red in the far Western counties).  The Red areas have declining populations and Blue growing ones, so Virginia will get Bluer.  Florida, on other hand, has similar geographic but very different demographic conditions.  The arrivers tend to be older or escapees from dictatorships in the South and Caribbean.  I'm not sure that's defining.  We'll see.  I agree with the rest.

Bluer as in more darker in terms of peoples skin tone or bluer as in more Progressive minded and big government oriented/related like Washington DC? In Minnesota, the rural Democrats are dying off and the rural communities that were controlled by them for several decades are turning into ghost towns. As a result, the more economic minded and more American minded Republicans and their voters are taking over and the economy is becoming more economically diverse. So, are you familiar with what's going on between Buckhead and Atlanta these days? Buckhead has formally declared its independence and is in the process of breaking free from from Atlanta. I think it's a good gauge what's to come and what to expect as time goes on.