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Hortensis

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25. I recently used a NYT tool to see how the 1000 voters

Fri Jul 7, 2023, 03:30 PM

Jul 2023

who are assessed to live closest to us voted.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/04/30/opinion/politics/bubble-politics.html

No surprise that here in rural No. GA it says 12% voted Democratic. I don't feel a need to question that.

What surprised me is that, at our winter fishing place in central, rather rural FL, 54% of the closest 1000 supposedly voted Democratic; voter registrations for the closest towns (one mostly retiree/vacationer the other old settler/working families) show 60+% Republican. If this is correct, where are these people? There are new subdivisions dotting the marsh-lake wilderness here and there, including retirement. Did one draw people who don't want The Villages?

Btw, for a "19E" address in Burnsville, NC, the NYT tool said 40% voted Democratic, which I'd be thrilled with in No. GA. Whatever the number really is, liberals have a presence there. Here, we find each other.

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We moved out of Florida, [View all] blueknight73 Jul 2023 OP

Congratulations, and best wishes to you and Mrs. Knight FakeNoose Jul 2023 #1

Yes! blueknight73 Jul 2023 #4

✌🏽✌🏽 blm Jul 2023 #14

Or just on the West side of the mountains in TN too! IrishAfricanAmerican Jul 2023 #30

Aren't you concerned about North Carolina though? Marius25 Jul 2023 #2

Yes , somewhat blueknight73 Jul 2023 #3

Good move. MOMFUDSKI Jul 2023 #5

I understand blueknight73 Jul 2023 #6

I've been in Lee county since '94 Deuxcents Jul 2023 #51

We moved to NORCAL obamanut2012 Jul 2023 #7

Happy for you! blueknight73 Jul 2023 #8

We are further north, but love it! obamanut2012 Jul 2023 #13

So are we. Part of my heart still belongs to California. calimary Jul 2023 #22

So I've discovered! lambchopp59 Jul 2023 #56

I kinda relish the cold weather and snow. calimary Jul 2023 #65

San Jose is the odd-out of CA places work has never sent me. lambchopp59 Jul 2023 #58

I just retired, exploring lambchopp59 Jul 2023 #59

I just retired, exploring lambchopp59 Jul 2023 #63

Welcome LunaSea Jul 2023 #9

So basically you went from a fascist state of the KKK AntivaxHunters Jul 2023 #10

Unfair to NC! We're getting there and we need more Dem voters. yardwork Jul 2023 #16

I've spent a lot of time in Colorado (relatives migrated there). Sky Jewels Jul 2023 #17

in ca . live in a mostly red district , but there are huge streaks of us here . AllaN01Bear Jul 2023 #31

LOL blueknight73 Jul 2023 #44

Yes they do Rebl2 Jul 2023 #53

Colorado is one of the most progressive states in the country AntivaxHunters Jul 2023 #57

Good decision and good luck CanonRay Jul 2023 #11

friend who is in her 70s lived in florida as a little girl. hated it then. AllaN01Bear Jul 2023 #32

We left Tennessee because of a similar rise in extremism peggysue2 Jul 2023 #12

Welcome to NC! yardwork Jul 2023 #15

Thank You! blueknight73 Jul 2023 #19

I live in this hell.They just announce on the news that soon Florida will be to hot to raise Oppaloopa Jul 2023 #18

Well, if NC gets too intolerable, come to Michigan. catbyte Jul 2023 #20

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checking on something and actually living there are 2 different things mercuryblues Jul 2023 #60

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Oh, well then I hear they have a lot of mercuryblues Jul 2023 #62

This message was self-deleted by its author mercuryblues Jul 2023 #64

we've been in Florida since 1977 onethatcares Jul 2023 #21

There are quite a few comparison web sites mnhtnbb Jul 2023 #24

We are in middle of NC and for the first time in 20 years no snow. None. JanMichael Jul 2023 #38

Takes courage to "pull up stakes". Best wishes. I won't even be visiting relatives anymore. Most are Evolve Dammit Jul 2023 #23

I recently used a NYT tool to see how the 1000 voters Hortensis Jul 2023 #25

Thanks for posting that link not fooled Jul 2023 #28

:) Enjoy your next community. When we get to FL again, Hortensis Jul 2023 #33

I live in a Democratic Bubble in a red state. SharonClark Jul 2023 #35

Florida is a good place to rent your housing... The Jungle 1 Jul 2023 #26

The rents are WAY UP now MOMFUDSKI Jul 2023 #29

Yea but when the wind blow the house down you walk away. The Jungle 1 Jul 2023 #49

We did the same a year ago joet67 Jul 2023 #27

they put the pistol to their foot by chasing undocumented out. AllaN01Bear Jul 2023 #34

Some peoplel will always think Florida is where good people go when they die Warpy Jul 2023 #36

This post distresses me Poiuyt Jul 2023 #37

we, the Democrats, are woke onethatcares Jul 2023 #39

You are so right about the MOMFUDSKI Jul 2023 #40

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Welcome to DU! GP6971 Jul 2023 #42

WNC is Nice NowISeetheLight Jul 2023 #43

Maggie valley blueknight73 Jul 2023 #45

Just had dinner today in Maggie Valley! Iris Jul 2023 #52

Congratulations and best wishes to you and your family as you start a new life in NC. nt akbacchus_BC Jul 2023 #46

Very kind, blueknight73 Jul 2023 #47

K&R Blue Owl Jul 2023 #48

Your votes will be appreciated here lostnfound Jul 2023 #50

This already happened in Texas Sucha NastyWoman Jul 2023 #54

Congrats on your Escape Fresh Water Falling Jul 2023 #66