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@mmpadellan
A whole lot of people love to hate on the "Blue states" until an emergency happens and our Blue state taxes come flying in to the rescue.
And then, the MAGAts go back to watching radical extreme-right FOX Fascists to hear they must vomit on the radical-left Communist "Blue states" (the only "Communism" is for the richest 1% with tax breaks and loopholes to exploit for themselves to get richer: "it's a big club, and you're not in it." .
WarGamer
(12,106 posts)One could remind Mr. Defiant that Red States fight the wars...
I'm so sick and tired of this pervasive Team Red vs Team Blue bullshit that takes over every aspect of our lives. There are good/bad people in every State... every corner of every State.
https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/files/cow/imce/costs/social/Troop%20Numbers%20By%20State_Costs%20of%20War_FINAL.pdf
SoCalDavidS
(9,998 posts)This is factually true.
Also factually true, that some of the Shitier states, have far more Assholes than other states, per capita.
I'm glad to live in a state like California, where candidates like Joe, Hillary & Barack, had some of the highest percentage margins of victory in the country, rather than states like Idaho, Alabama or Wyoming, where Assholes like TFG and Shrub, had the highest margins.
WarGamer
(12,106 posts)In TEXAS, 47 people out of 100 voted for Biden...
In NY, 61 people out of 100 voted for Biden.
I've lived in California for decades, also... and depending on where you are, we have assholes "aplenty" here.
SoCalDavidS
(9,998 posts)I consider TX a Red State, but you could certainly argue it to be on the verge of being a Purple State, given that Biden only lost by 6% there.
Rather, I'm talking about states like Idaho, Alabama, South Carolina, Wyoming, where I'm guessing Biden lost by 30%+.
These are states where Democrats are lucky if their nominee wins the electoral votes once in a century.
Tommy Carcetti
(43,085 posts)Just saying.
SoCalDavidS
(9,998 posts)Reagan happened to be a former Governor from CA, which undoubtedly helped.
He also carried 44 out of 50 states, and would have still won in a landslide without CA's electoral votes.
In 1984, he won 49 states.
And in 1972, Nixon carried 49 states as well.
Tommy Carcetti
(43,085 posts)And set them upon the rest of the country.
I mean, if you're going to go by the whole collective guilt thing, that is.