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This is a question I am curious about. Do most people live in a place where others agree with them politically? On the basis of either voter registration by political party and/or political party electoral dominance, do you share the political values of people in your town, county, and state? Does it impact how much or little you like where you live?
I'll start off. My username was created a few years back when I thought I would live in New Jersey forever, now I am not sure as I am trying to secure better employment. This is related, as I blame socialism for the lack of a good job market in New Jersey. New Jersey has almost 1 million more registered Democrats than Republicans, no Republican presidential candidate has carried our state since 1988, no Republican has been elected to the U.S. Senate from our state since 1972, and all but one of our Congressional districts and a majority of our State Legislature is controlled by Democrats. We currently have a Democratic Governor, but do elect Republicans every so often to that office. I spent most of my life in a solidly Republican county and community, though recently moved to a county that is trending blue though has historically been Republican.
I don't think politics impacts my appreciation and love for New Jersey's culture, food, history, charming towns, and beautiful suburban and rural landscape, but I do disagree with the misguided priorities of Democrats who would rather spend money on building a wind farm off our coast than improving our roads. I think the fact that my home county is solidly Republican made me love it more, but that's because at the county level taxes were kept lower than in neighboring Democratic counties and the county features great parks and county roads that are well-maintained by New Jersey standards. I was never a big fan of my hometown but that had more to do with the local social scene than politics.
I live in a city that is a blue dot in a very very very red state.
My political views match well with my city, but not much at all for my state.
Most of Kentucky is very, very rural and very, very conservative.
I was a Republican until 2016, now I am a democrat....I don't feel that I left the Republican party, I feel it left me.
The policy changes have been so vast and so weighed to the far right, I hardly recognize them any more.
Trump...well, that was the end of it for me with the GOP.
I love Kentucky, I think it is very beautiful...but it is very rural and traditional for the most part.
And that is actually part of it's charm and beauty.
I wouldn't leave the state because of Politics (although my husband has pointed out that voting is almost a waste of time anymore because of the electoral college and the fact that the state always goes Red any more...that's why I would like to see it changed, the electoral college that is, I think there are a lot of people like me, out there that feel the same.)
My city Lexington usually goes blue in elections, But not by a lot of votes, it's just more diverse here...probably being a college town.
I rarely discuss politics with people, most people who know me wouldn't know one way or the other how I stand politically.. I have no idea how most of them are politically. My Granny warned me a long time ago to stay out of discussions about Religion or Politics!
This is a question I am curious about. Do most people live in a place where others agree with them politically? On the basis of either voter registration by political party and/or political party electoral dominance, do you share the political values of people in your town, county, and state? Does it impact how much or little you like where you live?
I'll start off. My username was created a few years back when I thought I would live in New Jersey forever, now I am not sure as I am trying to secure better employment. This is related, as I blame socialism for the lack of a good job market in New Jersey. New Jersey has almost 1 million more registered Democrats than Republicans, no Republican presidential candidate has carried our state since 1988, no Republican has been elected to the U.S. Senate from our state since 1972, and all but one of our Congressional districts and a majority of our State Legislature is controlled by Democrats. We currently have a Democratic Governor, but do elect Republicans every so often to that office. I spent most of my life in a solidly Republican county and community, though recently moved to a county that is trending blue though has historically been Republican.
I don't think politics impacts my appreciation and love for New Jersey's culture, food, history, charming towns, and beautiful suburban and rural landscape, but I do disagree with the misguided priorities of Democrats who would rather spend money on building a wind farm off our coast than improving our roads. I think the fact that my home county is solidly Republican made me love it more, but that's because at the county level taxes were kept lower than in neighboring Democratic counties and the county features great parks and county roads that are well-maintained by New Jersey standards. I was never a big fan of my hometown but that had more to do with the local social scene than politics.
For the most part I do. N NV is still mostly right leaning Independents and Republicans. But we are more rural farming and ranching oriented with metro influence not being what it is in Clark county and S NV. Reno/Sparks is becoming pretty Californicated and Carson City has a wack Dem governor and legislature in it now. Even though the community doesn't like them much Vegas call the shots.
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