gkashtanAug 1, 2023
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Seeing comments writing off the Deep South bc the commenters don’t like some of the politicians there. These folks should consider that when they do that, they’re making the same mistake that white nationalists do: assuming that the only people who exist and/or matter are white Republicans. There are lots and lots of people in the Deep South who, for a host of historical & intentional reasons, cannot fully participate politically. When you write off their states, you write them off too.
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Show threadSnailAug 1, 2023

@GovTrack *screams in Floridian*

I got out of Florida because I had to, but there are a lot of people in Florida who can't, or, for various reasons, won't. There are good people in Florida. There are *radical leftists* in Florida. Writing off the whole state is abandoning those people and willingly ceding ground to some of the worst human beings on Earth.

Just. Care about people.

Show threadIjio NanoAug 1, 2023

@GovTrack Latina living in the South here-- I get what you're saying, but the way I see it, the Deep South definitely doesn't include ME in its demographics when it votes Republican and regressive.

I think the way we talk about the South depends on the context and is very nuanced. Even now I don't consider myself a Southerner, even though I've lived in the South my entire life except for my first three years. So when I say "fuck the South", it's not necessarily EVERYONE in it.

Show threadsidbAug 1, 2023
@GovTrack Texas has more democrats than New York. It’s easy to forget that.
Show threadWilhelmAug 1, 2023

@GovTrack
I agree:
Land doesn't vote, people do. But election maps like this one (2020 Presidential) can trick you into thinking most people in NC voted Republican. In reality, it was almost an even split.

The way most electoral systems in the US are set up, areas of low population density are disproportionately represented (and tend to vote Conservative).

Just because a state has a Republican government, doesn't mean the majority of people living there voted for them.

Show threadJennifedAug 1, 2023
@GovTrack I second that emotion, from Wyoming.
Show threadSmerks1109Aug 1, 2023
@GovTrack My favorite comments are those one that say the south should secede. I mean really. Do we not teach meaningful history anymore? That our enemies would love to see the US break apart? I'm in Florida and no one's giving up. Even with a dingbat governor.
Show threadHtaggertAug 1, 2023
@GovTrack this. This is what I try to tell people- I live in Florida and it’s politics are awful, but ppl do not take the time to see the Gerry mandering, the “lost mail in votes” and various other barriers. They mostly like to feel superior, until I mention their own areas issues.
Show threadThreenotchAug 1, 2023
@GovTrack there are quite a few anti-Republicans in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Tennessee that would change those states but for the gerrymandered districts that reduce the efficacy of our votes.
Show threadInfosec V'gerAug 2, 2023
@GovTrack @cyboracle It’s mostly the voter suppression in red states that keeps them red.