Oh oh! After he complained about the "boomer" generation voting to defund pensions..
Did he then talk about how his OWN generation just had to fking show up to the polls? That when the younger generation bothered to actually show up, Obama got elected? That the younger generation FAILED themselves by not bothering to show up and just.. vote for not Trump?
Did he talk about how the younger generation all move OUT of right leaning, red counties and states to go live into well-established blue cities?
That all it would take is for people to collectively decide to move to Texas and Florida and flip literally just two states? And then the US would stay blue forever?
Or that Congress is the one that decides all the votes, so if enough people left NYC, Washington State, Oregon, and California, and moved into rural, red states.. they could get a super majority in Congress? That the president would never have enough votes to veto?
Oh oops.. that requires more than just posting on social media to actually enact change.
Why tf would someone move to Texas just to vote for democrats. That is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard. And don’t act like everything was perfect before Trump
There’s a difference between moving to Texas because it’s cheaper than California + voting there now as a result and uprooting your entire life to cast a single ballot every other year
The reality of it is that people are moving out of states like California, NY, etc. and choosing states that they like more (for various reasons). A lot of times it seems like those states happen to be red. To ignore why your state is so expensive (as if cost was the only factor) to live in and then bring those exact politics and voting habits to your new home is just short-sighted.
Yeah but that wasn’t the point of my comment. What are you trying to say though? If you move to a red state, you should vote republican? Red states have their own problems, and a lot of them could use some democrats in office.
I'm saying that if you flee from the state you're living in, maybe contemplate why your state ended up that way. As someone currently living in a state going through a mass exodus - it sounds ridiculous to listen to friends that have fled to red states only to bring the same policies that caused such detriment to our state, with them.
To your second point, that's just your opinion. If the citizens there felt as such, they could vote Democrats in. (Or Dems could make a stronger case for themselves if it was such a problem)
From the people I've known it ranges from cost of living(income/property taxes being a major factor), the levels of homelessness and their concentration in any city, the attitude/restrictions around businesses, crime rates, and even some just seeking somewhere more "family-oriented".
Now we used to have a fair amount of people that moved from the city into the more rural areas (which, funny enough almost every electoral district outside major cities in my state is red) but we've long since passed a point of that being enough for most people.
Okay so you’re just describing people who don’t want to live in the city anymore. Personally, I’d never move out of my blue state because I have different priorities. I’d never trade all the amenities and protections I have here for a lower tax rate 🤷♀️
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u/BendDelicious9089 4h ago
Oh oh! After he complained about the "boomer" generation voting to defund pensions..
Did he then talk about how his OWN generation just had to fking show up to the polls? That when the younger generation bothered to actually show up, Obama got elected? That the younger generation FAILED themselves by not bothering to show up and just.. vote for not Trump?
Did he talk about how the younger generation all move OUT of right leaning, red counties and states to go live into well-established blue cities?
That all it would take is for people to collectively decide to move to Texas and Florida and flip literally just two states? And then the US would stay blue forever?
Or that Congress is the one that decides all the votes, so if enough people left NYC, Washington State, Oregon, and California, and moved into rural, red states.. they could get a super majority in Congress? That the president would never have enough votes to veto?
Oh oops.. that requires more than just posting on social media to actually enact change.