Okay, no, see, that’s all nice, and I’m glad you’re apparently doing well at a local level and fighting back against far-right authoritarianism, but words have meanings, and the numbers you can pretend all you want aren’t relevant don’t lie: you’re not even approximately a “solid blue state”.
2011: Senate 29–37 DFL–Republican; House 61–72
2013: Senate 39–28; House 62–72
2015: Senate 39–28; House 61–73
2017: Senate 32–34–1(V); House 55–75
2019: Senate 30–35–2(I); House 75–55–4(NR)
2021: Senate 31–34–2(I); House 69–59–4(NR)–1(IR)–1(I)
Because I think you completely missed the word “solid” or don’t understand what that means in terms of politics (nor do I think you fully understand what “blue state” means, because no, that doesn’t just apply to the presidential election, although that is a big part and is heavily correlated).
Sometimes when I get upvoted on here (and got upvoted back on Reddit), I feel compelled to ask myself if it’s because I’ve made a cogent point or if it’s because I said something that people want to be true authoritatively enough and got lucky with the upvote ratio early on. It’s frustrating sometimes, and I don’t really know what to do about it.
I miss forums and such where votes didn’t exist and you simply commented or not
But I do understand how when too many people begin using the thing votes clear up a lot the message boards that would otherwise just be agreement and whatnot
To your point: it’s always a new and random mix of both making a good point and saying what people want to hear. Just gotta not really care
Okay, no, see, that’s all nice, and I’m glad you’re apparently doing well at a local level and fighting back against far-right authoritarianism, but words have meanings, and the numbers you can pretend all you want aren’t relevant don’t lie: you’re not even approximately a “solid blue state”.
Blue State has a generally accepted meaning of ‘votes blue in the presidential election’.
Doesn’t mean that 100% of our politics is democratic.
Are you arguing this for any particular reason?
Because I think you completely missed the word “solid” or don’t understand what that means in terms of politics (nor do I think you fully understand what “blue state” means, because no, that doesn’t just apply to the presidential election, although that is a big part and is heavily correlated).
What state is bluer, by your measurement?
… Is this a joke?
And some of those like “New Mexico” I wouldn’t even call “solid blue”. Dude, you can still be proud of your state and acknowledge reality.
Funny that NJ is often called a purple state (for a few very good reasons) but the state legislature is basically 2:1 democrat to Republican
I’m not sure how you’re getting downvoted, I think people are just determined to be wrong
Sometimes when I get upvoted on here (and got upvoted back on Reddit), I feel compelled to ask myself if it’s because I’ve made a cogent point or if it’s because I said something that people want to be true authoritatively enough and got lucky with the upvote ratio early on. It’s frustrating sometimes, and I don’t really know what to do about it.
I miss forums and such where votes didn’t exist and you simply commented or not
But I do understand how when too many people begin using the thing votes clear up a lot the message boards that would otherwise just be agreement and whatnot
To your point: it’s always a new and random mix of both making a good point and saying what people want to hear. Just gotta not really care