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Conservatives go to red states and liberals go to blue as the country grows more polarized (apnews.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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“One thing we have really found is a place to feel comfortable being ourselves,” Dean said. Americans are segregating by their politics at a rapid clip, helping fuel the greatest divide between the states in modern history.

One party controls the entire legislature in all but two states. In 28 states, the party in control has a supermajority in at least one legislative chamber — which means the majority party has so many lawmakers that they can override a governor’s veto. Not that that would be necessary in most cases, as only 10 states have governors of different parties than the one that controls the legislature

This can only end badly as conservatives seem to have no problem ruling over land in empty states.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The problem is that the real divide still is urban vs rural, not state v state. I always lived in red states and am very leftist. There's always strong leftist communities in every red state, even in small cities. Most states are purple.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, the urban/rural divide is awful, so now the question, how does that get addressed?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Democrats need to offer financial incentives to help bring back jobs to rural areas. There needs to be something to counteract republicans using Christian out as a means to get votes. Until that happens you want see the left winning anything in rural areas. It sucks but the democrat platform tends to heavily favor cities.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

How can you compete with an echo-chamber of lies?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I feel like I will be forced to move out of my state if they manage to pass the proposed anti-transgender laws. 😔

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is a real shitty time to be a gun loving transgender anarchist...feels like there is nowhere for me to go.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This is by no means to compete but to add, I'm an autistic adult and I don't feel welcome anywhere. Living in the bible belt. It's not the same, you have it harder, but even as a cis white dude, I can't find a place.

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