MaxE wrote:
Tim_Tex wrote:
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MaxE wrote:
My least favorite Blue states are probably Rhode Island and New Hampshire, assuming NH can be considered Blue. My favorites in the East Coast are Maryland, New Jersey, and New York. I don't know how I feel about Vermont as I haven't been there in so long.
The West Coast is entirely Blue in theory, but Washington and Oregon are bright flaming fire engine Red East of the Cascades. I was there in 2024 and liked what I saw. California is too big for me to have a clear opinion.
I would call NH purple. Their entire Congressional delegation is Democratic, but they have a GOP governor. I am not sure how far to the right Kelly Ayotte is, and while Chris Sununu did vote for Trump, he had a big independent streak.
NH has a lot of Republicans but they are hard core Libertarian rather than Evangelical, so a lot of statistics such as the per cent of residents who believe in God make it look Blue. Having, or having had, a Republican governor, doesn't mean much. Maryland is very Blue but has had 2 Republican governors in this century. You need to consider who they send to DC.
Nah, it's more complicated than how a state has voted in presidential elections. NH did win in avoiding ever falling for voting for Trump, but it's state politicians right now are very bad.
I am of the belief that libertarianism is nothing but a myth. They're just right wingers who want to claim they're something else. Libertarians have either tolerated or even come out and explicitly supported conservative Christian violations of freedom. They don't care about that. They only care about money. Don't touch their money, and all of the other freedoms can be taken away and they'll support the party doing that.
You say that they aren't Evangelical,
but just take a look at this.. Sure seems to me like NH conservatives are the same stripe of Christofascists as the rest of the Republican party. I'm sick of people trying to make a distinction that essentially isn't there.
Ever since I moved to New England people have tried to tell me that Republicans up here are "different", but I'm not seeing it. They all support the fascist pedophile in office. They're just as depraved as the Republicans of the south I knew before.
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