Political Discussions for "Adults"

OccultHawk · 07-28-2020, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Anteater

He likes Austin and thinks the rest of the state will become just like it if there's a political climate shift, but I just don't see it happening as someone who deals with a lot of different people up here for business.

As elph’s spokesperson I don’t think he’s that optimistic about the entire state of Texas.

WWWP · 07-28-2020, 07:54 AM

I could see CA going red. Southern counties are all majority red, and anywhere with a concentration of big money really.

debaserr · 07-28-2020, 08:11 AM

Yea, no, Cali isn't going for Trump lmao.

WWWP · 07-28-2020, 08:17 AM

I'm not saying for trump I'm just saying it's a possibility.

~~jwb~~ · 07-28-2020, 08:21 AM

Trump won Texas by 9 points. It's not a swing state. The fact that it's even close there is just a referendum on how bad Trump is doing right now. It has nothing to do with demographic change in the last 4 years.

Cali, it literally doesn't matter who you vote for if you live there.

**Frownland** · 07-28-2020, 08:25 AM

Can confirm that despite the decent range of leftism you'll see in city centres, California is riddled with enough conservatives to make it possible. The anti-mask/pro-Trump crowd is already significant where I live, a "moderate" could probably swing a lot of the less vocal conservatives and neoliberals. Seems like they've succumbed to defeatism though.

~~jwb~~ · 07-28-2020, 08:28 AM

Anecdotes are fun but Trump won't be winning Cali.

SGR · 07-28-2020, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by jwb

Trump won Texas by 9 points. It's not a swing state. The fact that it's even close there is just a referendum on how bad Trump is doing right now.

It is likely reflective of how bad Trump is doing right now, but it may also be reflective of problems with how the polling is done. We are also assuming that everyone who answers the pollsters answers them honestly.

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Originally Posted by jwb

Anecdotes are fun but Trump won't be winning Cali.

I tend to agree with this. Maybe sometime in the distant future an [R] could win the state of California, but I don't see it happening any time soon. Same with New York.

WWWP · 07-28-2020, 08:29 AM

Remember when Arnold (R) was elected?

Or when Prop 8 passed?

Or when CA voted to build a ten million dollar execution chamber that has never been used lol

But sure, they'd never vote for Trump.

**Frownland** · 07-28-2020, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by jwb

Anecdotes are fun but Trump won't be winning Cali.

Not sure what that has to do with my post, but aight.

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	Can confirm that despite the decent range of leftism you'll see in city centres, California is riddled with enough conservatives to make it possible. The anti-mask/pro-Trump crowd is already significant where I live, a "moderate" could probably swing a lot of the less vocal conservatives and neoliberals. Seems like they've succumbed to defeatism though. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	Trump won Texas by 9 points. It's not a swing state. The fact that it's even close there is just a referendum on how bad Trump is doing right now. It has nothing to do with demographic change in the last 4 years. Cali, it literally doesn't matter who you vote for if you live there.

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~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	Anecdotes are fun but Trump won't be winning Cali.