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Kaleva

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51. So is Marquette and a few other places but together they are not enought to....

Tue Aug 1, 2017, 08:29 PM

Aug 2017

keep the state from going red and staying there. The blue votes from the Detroit area and Flint are usually large enough to tip the state into the blue column in the national elections.

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Do you live in a blue, red, or purple area? [View all] mvd Aug 2017 OP

True blue PJMcK Aug 2017 #1

Very blue indeed mvd Aug 2017 #2

Backatcha, mvd! (n/t) PJMcK Aug 2017 #4

Everything is relative. I believe WA state is considered HeartachesNhangovers Aug 2017 #3

I know what you mean mvd Aug 2017 #5

Recently moved from very Red Naples, Florida to Monroe County Poconos HockeyMom Aug 2017 #18

If not for Detroit and Flint, Michigan would be a solid red state. Kaleva Aug 2017 #10

Ann Arbor is blue. irisblue Aug 2017 #45

So is Marquette and a few other places but together they are not enought to.... Kaleva Aug 2017 #51

I'm in Lewis County WA Mike__M Aug 2017 #17

Largely, Washington state is blue but the red areas are very red. Doreen Aug 2017 #52

Similar dynamic here in Florida. Blue_true Aug 2017 #56

Red as a baboons ass. SamKnause Aug 2017 #6

Lower Hudson Valley New York blue, local local red MiddleClass Aug 2017 #7

I'm in the Limerick/Royersford/Collegeville area mvd Aug 2017 #8

Suburbs of Philadelphia are just like suburbs of NYC MiddleClass Aug 2017 #14

I'm about 40 minutes west of you, east edge of Lancaster county - Deep deep red Amishman Aug 2017 #48

gentrifying Brooklyn--deepest blue imaginable nt geek tragedy Aug 2017 #9

Used to work in Dumbo for little while MiddleClass Aug 2017 #21

some stretches have remained more or less the same geek tragedy Aug 2017 #24

Where Pennsyltucky pokes its finger up into west/central NY, in the northern Allegany foothills... NeoGreen Aug 2017 #11

Massachusetts louis c Aug 2017 #12

My daughter lives in her district and knows her. trof Aug 2017 #25

I'm a big supporter louis c Aug 2017 #31

Wish I had someone like that but, Alabama. trof Aug 2017 #47

She is a friend of mine from college. smirkymonkey Aug 2017 #35

Dade County is dependably blue Awsi Dooger Aug 2017 #13

My House Rep is Mo Brooks. House of Roberts Aug 2017 #15

Hey, I've got Bradley 'Spineless' Byrne. trof Aug 2017 #26

My area of Wake County is purple tending to red.... NRaleighLiberal Aug 2017 #16

San Diego proper. Definately Purple. maveric Aug 2017 #19

Red red red area, mostly blue somewhat purple state (Virginia). n/t phylny Aug 2017 #20

I like to think of the Evergreen State as true-blue. But I suppose we're really purple. Aristus Aug 2017 #22

I live in red red red Lewis County....bleah. Doreen Aug 2017 #53

Pierce Co. trending red so may be in flux. snowy owl Aug 2017 #57

While the state sometimes elects a Republican mythology Aug 2017 #23

I'M IN OREGON. Wyden is my senator and Earl is my Congressmen trueblue2007 Aug 2017 #27

Red area of a purple state. femmocrat Aug 2017 #28

Itty bitty isle of blue in a sea of red... Moostache Aug 2017 #29

I live in the Upper West Side of Manhattan. nycbos Aug 2017 #30

That's where I lived before I moved to Boston. smirkymonkey Aug 2017 #36

Hi, neighbor! Freddie Aug 2017 #32

Hi! mvd Aug 2017 #44

All of these loyalsister Aug 2017 #33

Blue district in a mostly blue state, WA... Wounded Bear Aug 2017 #34

Purple leaning blue Sen. Walter Sobchak Aug 2017 #37

My precinct voted decidedly blue in November. lpbk2713 Aug 2017 #38

yes. spanone Aug 2017 #39

Bright Fucking Blue. Iggo Aug 2017 #40

Very blue. Boston. smirkymonkey Aug 2017 #41

we claim purple but it is very red dembotoz Aug 2017 #42

Very blue MountCleaners Aug 2017 #43

Very blue congressional district irisblue Aug 2017 #46

Red beyond comprehension. Comatose Sphagetti Aug 2017 #49

Very blue area (Chapel Hill) of a currently red state, but should be purple if mnhtnbb Aug 2017 #50

Red headed to purple. Blue_true Aug 2017 #54

red districts, blue state crazycatlady Aug 2017 #55

Sounds like The 909. Iggo Aug 2017 #58

More like the 732 crazycatlady Aug 2017 #59

Mississippi, so most definitely red lol Luciferous Aug 2017 #60

My immediate area is very blue nini Aug 2017 #61

Red district (Randy Hultgren), Blue State (IL) riderinthestorm Aug 2017 #62

I live in Douglas County, CO. nkpolitics1212 Aug 2017 #63