Discussion»Statements»Rosie's Corner» Why is New York, Massachusetts and California Liberal while the south and heartland are Conservative? There must be a reason, right?
I know. They bolted to the Republican Party because of the Civil Rights laws . They knew they'd be welcome there. That doesn't answer my question bh. WHY is New York, California and Massacusetts and HAWAII too all blue? Hawaii is even more liberal than California methinks. Why?
I hate to burst your bubble. As a native southerner who actually lived it, I'm in a much better position to address it. You can't really be blamed as many who live outside the south, view everything in terms of the civil rights struggles of the 60's. The truth is really uncomplicated. When the Democrats joined the lunatic fringe in every issue from the local arena to the beltway, we abandoned ship and it has been our salvation in every area of political life.
Except that the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts could not have passed Congress without some Republican support. The fact is that Republicans in the House voted 138-34 and those in the Senate voted 27-6 in favor of the House version of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and those in the House voted 136-35 in favor of the Senate version.
Republicans in the House voted 112-24 to pass the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and those in the Senate voted 30-2 in favor. The only two nay votes came from the south.
You would do well to do a bit of simple research - Google is your friend - before spouting off about Republicans being against civil rights laws. It simply wasn't true.
You believe Jesus would support abortion? Jesus would not support Biblical marriage? Jesus would support removing the mention of His Father's name from the public square, support the party that voted to remove God from their platform? Jesus would support legalization of drugs? Jesus would support wanting to tax the church? Jesus would support the government taking care of the poor....instead of the people and the church taking care of the poor?
In Massachusetts I see it as more than one thing. You have big labor which is very powerful there which was traditionally supported by the Democratic party. Plus a lot of affluent people in Eastern MA who believe strongly in doing good to those less fortunate who view the government as a kind of charitable organization.
You left out Hawaii, Oregon and Washington in the west and Connecticut, Delaware (home of Joe Biden), Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania (esp. the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh areas), Rhode Island, and Vermont in the east. And the question has multiple subjects, so you mean to say "Why are..." not "Why is..."
This post was edited by Stu Spelling Bee at November 6, 2017 9:16 AM MST
New York State isn't really all that liberal on anything other than over regulating and taxing. The people in Albany aren't all that open to new ideas or any progressive plans. They are only Democrats in as much as they want to dictate peoples lives and tax the hell out of them. It's like the worst of both political spheres here mashed into one.
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