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Conservatives go to red states and liberals go to blue as the country grows more polarized (apnews.com)

submitted 1 year ago by HumbleHobo@beehaw.org to c/politics@beehaw.org

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“One thing we have really found is a place to feel comfortable being ourselves,” Dean said. Americans are segregating by their politics at a rapid clip, helping fuel the greatest divide between the states in modern history.

One party controls the entire legislature in all but two states. In 28 states, the party in control has a supermajority in at least one legislative chamber — which means the majority party has so many lawmakers that they can override a governor’s veto. Not that that would be necessary in most cases, as only 10 states have governors of different parties than the one that controls the legislature

This can only end badly as conservatives seem to have no problem ruling over land in empty states.

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[–] cecirdr@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I'm a blue person, stuck in the southeast. I'm nearly 59 years old, so I can't transplant easily. My spouse has family roots and a house here too. (I don't, I've been more mobile before I met her).

She's not likely to sell her house either (despite being liberal) because she bought the home she grew up in; Nostalgia. I'm hoping that in 8 years when I retire, she and I will be more on the same sheet of music. Maybe she'll be ready to downsize (though she still harbors the idea of keeping the house, renting it, and being able to will it to her daughter), and we can consider leaving.

The only game plan I can come up with is get a nice van as our "second home" and live full time on the road; Quite an expensive way to escape. Sigh...I hope she and I sync up eventually.