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LisaM

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11. Michigan has more than two blue areas.

Mon Jun 27, 2022, 06:49 AM

Jun 2022

Ann Arbor, East Lansing, Lansing, Flint, and Kalamazoo are all blue. Some of the other areas are mixed. Gerrymandering has been an issue and people are trying to fix it. But it has not always been solidly blue. George Romney was elected governor, so were Engler and Snyder. It goes back and forth.

I was just up North (visiting) and there were way fewer Trump signs than last year. Roads were great, too.

I live in Washington now and the urban/rural divide is way worse than in Michigan. It's not just Eastern Washington either. South of Seattle and then west of Olympia are the worst I've seen as far as right-wing signage.

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I live in a blue state. What's it like for a Democrat living in a deep red state? [View all] fightforfreedom Jun 2022 OP

Well, I live in Virginia - purple - but in a very red phylny Jun 2022 #1

Where I live their are a lot of Republicans but they don't wear MAGA hats. fightforfreedom Jun 2022 #4

Same... OneGrassRoot Jun 2022 #5

I can't even imagine. Lucky to live in deep blue California. although see a trump flag or two Demovictory9 Jun 2022 #7

Same here in central Union county PXR-5 Jun 2022 #23

Union County, SC? Nt raccoon Jun 2022 #27

Union county NC, just outside of Charlotte. nt PXR-5 Jun 2022 #30

Don't move back to Jersey. Move to Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill mnhtnbb Jun 2022 #33

Unfortunately, I can't afford anything there, PXR-5 Jun 2022 #36

Good luck! mnhtnbb Jun 2022 #44

Had to say something about your Next-door experience-- Wingus Dingus Jun 2022 #43

Isn't that disheartening? OneGrassRoot Jun 2022 #48

for a period of time I was living in Red Arizona lapfog_1 Jun 2022 #2

In North Dakota Dr. Shepper Jun 2022 #3

Iowa city, Iowa here ..purple moving more red JT45242 Jun 2022 #6

It's awful! samplegirl Jun 2022 #8

Michigan Novara Jun 2022 #9

Michigan has more than two blue areas. LisaM Jun 2022 #11

I remember a gentleman from Eastern Washington State telling me that he and his neighbors shrike3 Jun 2022 #40

Pennsylvania, in a Magat area, gab13by13 Jun 2022 #10

You Feel Comfortable Caring For Someone You Consider To Be A "Flat Out Racist, Bigoted, Misogynist?" SoCalDavidS Jun 2022 #37

I live in the most beautiful part of the country Farmer-Rick Jun 2022 #12

Yeah well in Pennsylvania, gab13by13 Jun 2022 #14

It only gets worse Farmer-Rick Jun 2022 #16

Well he is going to lose. Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #42

Mastriano will lose peggysue2 Jun 2022 #47

Alabama. You realize many of them... Whiskeytide Jun 2022 #13

Alabama and Pittsburgh... OneGrassRoot Jun 2022 #17

Well said... 2naSalit Jun 2022 #28

In Southern Mi. not a Red State but a Red County. gibraltar72 Jun 2022 #15

It is Hell! redstatebluegirl Jun 2022 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author redstatebluegirl Jun 2022 #19

You bite your tongue a lot. Emile Jun 2022 #20

+1 2naSalit Jun 2022 #29

DFW Mid cities area, no real problems here in my area Beachnutt Jun 2022 #21

Missouri here. Cracklin Charlie Jun 2022 #22

You occasionally walk into conversations Lars39 Jun 2022 #24

+1 2naSalit Jun 2022 #31

I have no representation Taraman Jun 2022 #25

Living among angry, ignorant, unhappy sociopaths, who are capable of becoming a Roisin Ni Fiachra Jun 2022 #26

Northern NY Reds, Radicalized, Brain Washed Haters RSherman Jun 2022 #32

Oh, my. I know what you mean. shrike3 Jun 2022 #39

Things are about the same in Mississippi as they've always been. Haggard Celine Jun 2022 #34

I Am 56, And I Hear You SoCalDavidS Jun 2022 #41

Missouri Sucks jonstl08 Jun 2022 #35

I live in a blue area of a red state. shrike3 Jun 2022 #38

Southwestern Kentucky Bayard Jun 2022 #45

In Alabama misanthrope Jun 2022 #46