Wyoming is one of the least religious states in the Union.
So what is their basis for being sooo conservative, in general? In most states, lack of religion correlates with voting Democratic and being of a more liberal mindset. Are they largely libertarian in outlook?
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false equivalency notions about liberals and conservatives are putting themselves in grave danger these days, not just others.
Polls show that many on the hard right are so tired of being outvoted by majorities that they are willing to give up democracy for conservative authoritarian government that will, they imagine, institutionalize white supremacy. The threat of authoritarian takeovers, including fascist, to democracies isn't just happening in Europe and elsewhere.
But if blacks at a tiny 13% of the population are among the first to realize what losing the power of the votes would mean to them -- all ability to demand rights would disappear with it -- white people and others really shouldn't be far behind.
There are far too many minorities in this country to get rid of. If we lose the power to vote, not only will minorities be exploited as before, but many tens of millions of "entitled" white people would have to get used to losing jobs to those in smaller groups who are even easier to exploit. Both women and POC have been hired at below-subsistence pay over white men many times and places in this country. Jews at only 2% and Muslims at less than 1% probably wouldn't need not apply at all.
And don't forget, even though planetary and national wealth have quadrupled over the past 30 years and we are an enormously wealthy nation, beyond belief, the day when lawn mowers and trucks will drive themselves, and all the rest that suggests, is almost upon us. Will that wealth be shared or will unneeded workers be allowed to live somehow until they die?
We MUST have liberal controlled government if life is to continue as we were raised to expect. So let those who don't see a huge difference know. It could genuinely turn into a matter of life and death for many. Most who objected would be controlled simply by turning the water and power off and blocking routes out. We're not in the 1860s any more.
The behavior of the party controlling congress is extremely alarming. They're supposed to be a check on the power of the presidency, but virtually all are obeying a man who would be an authoritarian dictator. That huge protection of our democracy is broken and serving its enemies. The vote will save us -- or destroy us.
And I never forget the nations that voted to destroy their democracies. We blame the enthusiastic right-wing Nazis in Germany, but no doubt they couldn't have done it without the aid of others, including those who "lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity" as Yeats put it.
I'm far from Wyoming, but will throw in that each vote there is worth just a bit less than 3 in more populous Georgia, where a third of the populace is black.
Having a small population helps, but given the mineral and oil revenues, they actually score better than California on that score (though not as good as COLORADO--YEAH, Colorado!)
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/05/which-states-are-givers-and-which-are-takers/361668/
is on the companies who come here and draw more "locals" to come and work, when the resource goes bust, so do all the jobs. Out here it's more of a transient sort of population, even for those who have generations of family here. The Native Americans were nomadic for a reason, to follow the food and shelter availability.
The ecosystems here also are far more fragile than most understand, the soil profile in many places is less than an inch deep and once scarred, can take centuries if it ever revives. The forests have been starving since we built the dams on the Columbia River and so they are dying of various ills from disease to pests, and all the other species suffer from this obstruction of nature. And from we humans, the most destructive force they are assaulted by with regular expansion.
People come here, to the National Parks and forests, and have NO CLUE as to where they are, what they need to know for their own safety and that it's not Disneyland or a petting zoo. It's pathetic how many come here to proudly display their willful ignorance as though we're too stupid to get it.
And then we have those folks from heavily populated states who start complaining about the less populous states having two Senators! WTF? The "big" states get plenty of members of the house to balance out the difference in population... (my state has one also and it's not Wyoming) seems there's a general confusion as to the roles of the two governing bodies of the Congress, but I digress.
People who know nothing about the rural west should really get some edumacation about that before making stupid, vapid comments about our mentality and worth. There are many well educated people here, we just don't like crowds so we pay the price of life in wilder places in order to be lessen our exposure to the masses. And here is a cost, I have to go at least 35 miles to a grocery store, the cheaper ones are 90 miles away, planning is a must, and I don't get high speed internet or more than three bars on my cell phone and fresh produce is expensive as are most food items and many services are something I have to travel to rather than them coming to me, but it's worth it to not hear sirens and planes and screaming street people, street lights and all the other woes of city life, however, I still expect to have the same freedoms of every other citizen with equal representation in the government.
I hope you don’t think I started this thread to insult Wyoming, I was just curious as to its politics.
Btw I’m from rural New Mexico so I get what you’re saying about Western living. It’s tough sometimes, but I like it.
You said it much better than I ever could.
1) Hard to be a Democrat in WYO 2) Really beautiful State!! Gotta love those Bighorn mountains!!!! 
