Undoubtedly, but poor people with limited to no resources make poor decisions, or just accept the state of things. We see it play out in historically impoverished areas all the time. The same concept applies here (see WV). The deep irony of it is given the cultural slant of most of those places you won’t see Dems or independents being vo…
Undoubtedly, but poor people with limited to no resources make poor decisions, or just accept the state of things. We see it play out in historically impoverished areas all the time. The same concept applies here (see WV). The deep irony of it is given the cultural slant of most of those places you won’t see Dems or independents being voted in. There will simply be less and less attention paid to local and state government unless things REALLY go off the rails (we’re talking no running water for months level of incompetent). Those red areas are already eroded. The question is will people leave or push for change? I bet no for a very long time (happy to be wrong!). Theyll likely stay stagnant and the state govts continue insanity trend because voter apathy is quite high and tribalism is an addictive drug. I do think there’s a case for independents and more moderate Dems to actually try. You’d be surprised what a “sensible governance with no drama” message will do when things are bad, but it’s gonna take ages to get past the “R is on the ballot so I’ll check this box” mentality.
Undoubtedly, but poor people with limited to no resources make poor decisions, or just accept the state of things. We see it play out in historically impoverished areas all the time. The same concept applies here (see WV). The deep irony of it is given the cultural slant of most of those places you won’t see Dems or independents being voted in. There will simply be less and less attention paid to local and state government unless things REALLY go off the rails (we’re talking no running water for months level of incompetent). Those red areas are already eroded. The question is will people leave or push for change? I bet no for a very long time (happy to be wrong!). Theyll likely stay stagnant and the state govts continue insanity trend because voter apathy is quite high and tribalism is an addictive drug. I do think there’s a case for independents and more moderate Dems to actually try. You’d be surprised what a “sensible governance with no drama” message will do when things are bad, but it’s gonna take ages to get past the “R is on the ballot so I’ll check this box” mentality.