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Is New England really to blame for this? Sure, their union is getting sketchy, but aren't those states more liberal and chill than others?
Ignorant Middle European here, please educate if wrong
While yes New England is generally blue, we need to pressure New Hampsire (red) and Vermont (divided) to get rid of their republicans.
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We are trying in NH, the governor might be a Republican but we've got Dems in the senate and house that are on the right side of history even if I hope to see more progressive candidates replace them soon.
New England purple is the most reasonable purple, if you ask me. I'm not biased, you are.
The fact that NH motto is "live free or die" and yet it's the only place within like 1000 miles in any direction you can still get in shit over a joint is laughable
NH is the weirdest, most inconsistent state in New England policy and law wise. Transgender rights are especially bizarre. They tried to ban us from bathrooms a few times and yet their transgender medicaid policies are some of the best in the country, covering electrolysis, which is fairly rare in the US, and even covers some cosmetic procedures like breast augmentation.
Vermont is weird similarly, having a significant amount of republicans and yet being one of the most progressive states in the country. New England states feel like they're having a perpetual identity crisis politics wise.
It's because the south is VERY Democrat but the north is full of republican rednecks which skews the electoral map