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Yeah, it's pretty much the way it goes in all the New England states I've lived in. Maine is one of the clearest examples, any time there is a big election, ch
by megaman22 8y ago
Yeah, it's pretty much the way it goes in all the New England states I've lived in. Maine is one of the clearest examples, any time there is a big election, check out the map of the results - basically Portland and its metro area votes one way, and the entire rest of the state votes the opposite way. In that case, it's completely impractical for a split to be made, and there's usually not a lot of conflict, except when out-of-state interests start trying to meddle and enact poorly conceived ballot issues.
- dionidium 8y agoThis pattern applies in every U.S. state, which is one reason it's not very useful to think about "red states" vs. "blue states" beyond the Electoral College. In every state, there are mostly-blue cities, surrounded by purple exurbs, and then vast areas of mostly red. This is true in both "blue states" like New York [0] and "red states" like Missouri [1]. [0] https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/new-york https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/new-york [1] https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/missouri https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/missouri
- devmunchies 8y agoyeah but its not homogeneous. The _majority_ of a large city will vote one way, but it doesn't mean that there aren't a lot of the other party in the city.