05-23-2023, 10:41 AM
(05-23-2023, 01:29 AM)Forever Spinning Vinyl Wrote: Alaska
I live in Anchorage, also do business in Wasilla(50 road miles north) and Soldotna(150 road miles south). Anchorage is mostly liberal, Wasilla and Soldotna are ultra MAGA. If Washington DC was just down the coast like San Fran or Portland, I'm a firm believer that about a third of the mob on Jan 6 would have been from those two areas.
(05-23-2023, 08:03 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: It really is interesting how much your location really impacts this stuff. Especially when it comes to the types of partisans that typically run in your area. Like how a California Democrat wouldn't have much luck in my area, even in the progressive college town I live in.
These dovetail nicely as the answer from Forever was about what I expected. You live in a deep red state. In an island of blue to be sure, but your state level politics are red. I live in a deep blue state. As Bel pointed out, and anticipated why I asked, regional differences within the party can be rather stark. I firmly believe that when one side becomes too ascendant then their politics go off the deep end. When you no longer have to worry about an ideological opponent you start to out extreme the members of your own party.
