For real, a “solidly red state” generally means like a 60/40 split. And that’s the way people’s politics are judged, by looking at how they vote between Democrats and Republicans. And it becomes self-reinforcing, because safe states are neglected by politicians on both sides, and turnout is depressed because people feel like the outcome is inevitable.
Not saying they’re reachable, but I’ll say they’re certainly not reachable with run of the mill “centrist” dems, who they hate more than anything.
They are mostly very reachable, they’ve just been failed or abandoned by anyone who could help them develop a constructive political ideology, and many of them just don’t vote at all.
For real, a “solidly red state” generally means like a 60/40 split. And that’s the way people’s politics are judged, by looking at how they vote between Democrats and Republicans. And it becomes self-reinforcing, because safe states are neglected by politicians on both sides, and turnout is depressed because people feel like the outcome is inevitable.
Not saying they’re reachable, but I’ll say they’re certainly not reachable with run of the mill “centrist” dems, who they hate more than anything.
They are mostly very reachable, they’ve just been failed or abandoned by anyone who could help them develop a constructive political ideology, and many of them just don’t vote at all.