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Originally Posted by silverkris
So? People can move anywhere they want to. It must be tiring to view nearly everything through the lens of partisan politics. What are you gonna do about it?
No, what I’m tired of are people who flee an area and then work to make their new home just like the home they fled from
So, you are against freedom? Got it.
Move and keep your mouth shut?.
That would make Texas as blue as it was before Exxon Mobile moved here in the early 60's. Then all the other oil companies came. We've been red ever since.
Californians fleeing their state have made states like Colorado and Oregon slightly Blue. Very annoying.
Do you not know what gerrymandering means? I'd suggest you look it up.
Oregon and Colorado were going to turn blue whether any Californians moved there or not. They're the kind of places that attract outdoorsy/environmental types from all over the country. And those are the kinds of people who vote democratic, sooner or later.
Oregon, in particular, used to be republican, but it was a very liberal republican (think Tom McCall, who passed some of the most restrictive land use laws in the country in 1971). Since republicans are no longer friendly to liberals, naturally the liberals gravitate to the democratic party.
Maybe those places are turning blue for other reasons. It doesn't make sense that enough liberal relocations have happened, coming out of California, to make such a difference. Maybe red voters are wisening up, staying home, our can't find electable red candidates.
That would make Texas as blue as it was before Exxon Mobile moved here in the early 60's. Then all the other oil companies came. We've been red ever since.
No, I’m against stupidity! They flee a city/state complaining how bad things have gotten and then push to make their new home into the city/state they fled. When people fled Cuba or the Soviet Union they didn’t come here to try to create another Cuba or Soviet Union.
I'll assume you have the same complaint about all the retire, mid-western, conservatives moving to Florida and helping it stay R?
The truth is the Republican party has become much more a party inline with Southern/Eastern conservatism as opposed to Western conservatism which had a more libertarian influence.
That is why Colorado, Oregon, Arizona, and the like keep moving further Dem (as opposed to further left.) You also have to look at California itself- the Republicans were wiped out in former Republican bastions last year up and down the coast. There was no sudden liberal influx as much as the national party is now out of line with the state. This is a mirror of what happened to Southern Democrats in the 1990s- constituents stopped voting for down ballot candidates out of line with their top of the ballot choices.
I'll assume you have the same complaint about all the retire, mid-western, conservatives moving to Florida and helping it stay R?
The truth is the Republican party has become much more a party inline with Southern/Eastern conservatism as opposed to Western conservatism which had a more libertarian influence.
That is why Colorado, Oregon, Arizona, and the like keep moving further Dem (as opposed to further left.) You also have to look at California itself- the Republicans were wiped out in former Republican bastions last year up and down the coast. There was no sudden liberal influx as much as the national party is now out of line with the state. This is a mirror of what happened to Southern Democrats in the 1990s- constituents stopped voting for down ballot candidates out of line with their top of the ballot choices.
Most libertarians would not vote for far-leftists like Chuck Schumer or Nancy Pelosi. They usually support Ron Paul, Rand Paul or RINOs like John McCain or Jeff Flake.
Maybe the GOP should enact some legislation along the lines of border checks between states, moving permission papers, involuntary repopulation of various regions to maintain "social balalnce", etc. It worked for their idols, the Russians, after all.
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I sure am unhappy about Texas gerrymandering their districts. Austin split among five US Congressional districts, with the bulk of each in rural conservative areas? You try telling me that's not gerrymandering and I've got the rights on an asteroid full of gold to sell you.
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