Democratic districts are growing, modern. Republican districts... not as much

[von_Bismarck]

Republicans represent the smaller, fading segment, with less-educated, more-homogenous work forces reliant on traditional manufacturing, agriculture and resource extraction. Democrats represent the larger, growing one, fueled by finance, professional services and digital innovation in diverse urban areas.

https://sc.cnbcfm.com/applications/cnbc.com/resources/files/2018/11/15/BROOKINGS_DIST_BARS.PNG

Link.

 

[Kirkrapine]

Seems to confirm Ruy Teixeira's theory about the Dems' future being in highly-educated and energetic urban "ideopolises."

 

[BotanyBoy]

Seems to confirm Ruy Teixeira's theory about the Dems' future being in highly-educated and energetic urban "ideopolises."

Maybe...only if they take a clue from the Scandinavians and let capitalism fund the social services.

As long as they hold onto their marxist bullshit they will just keep Detroiting/Chicagoing themselves to death.

LA and the SF/bay area are next.....cities full of homeless junkies and run by a few billionaires.

 

[Liar]

Interresting how NY-13 and NY-15 are literally neighbors.

 

[Busybody18]

STFU, Black SkidMark

 

[Kirkrapine]

As long as they hold onto their marxist bullshit they will just keep Detroiting/Chicagoing themselves to death.

Whatever has damaged those cities, it ain't Marxism.

You apparently still subscribe to that stubborn and willfully pig-ignorant RW idiocy that refuses to acknowledge any important distinction between Lenin and FDR.

 

[BotanyBoy]

Whatever has damaged those cities, it ain't Marxism.

Taxing your middle class right on up to the biggest of companies out of town for the sake of equity is the problem, and the philosophy behind class warfare in the name of social/economic equity being a good idea are very obviously rooted in Marxism.

You apparently still subscribe to that stubborn and willfully pig-ignorant RW idiocy that refuses to acknowledge any important distinction between Lenin and FDR.

I'm not the one with that problem

FDR was a social liberal......supported public/civil services and projects.

That's NOT the same as being vindictive towards your tax base for the simple sake of equity OR the even further left bigoted racial/gender equity the (D)'s are now pursuing.

YOU and the "progressive" (D)umz are the ones who refuse to acknowledge the important distinctions between Lenin and FDR.

 

[Kirkrapine]

Taxing your middle class right on up to the biggest of companies out of town for the sake of equity is the problem, and the philosophy behind class warfare in the name of social/economic equity being a good idea are very obviously rooted in Marxism.

No, it's much older than Marx.

And nobody, least of all the city government, drove the whites out of Detroit.

 

[Carnal_Flower]

I love how Orange County is now solid blue. Rs have completely lost the Reagan bastion. It's gone.

The big news to me from this election is the purpling of the south. LOL. They're losing the South! Even with all those psycho Fundies and Deplorables!

They're down to a few hopeless states like Montana and the swamp creatures of Florida. Anywhere dumb white males with guns congregate to shoot animals and beat their wives.

 

[BotanyBoy]

No, it's much older than Marx.

Yea...but Marx is the name it's been carrying for like 170~ years now so you can stop with the bullshit already.


It's very clearly the "progressive" (D)'z are the ones who refuse to acknowledge the important distinctions between Lenin and FDR as lately they have been trying to pass off the latter as the former.

Your last couple posts are just another in a long line of examples.

 

[Kirkrapine]

It's very clearly the "progressive" (D)'z are the ones who refuse to acknowledge the important distinctions between Lenin and FDR as lately they have been trying to pass off the latter as the former.

No one is trying to pass off the New Deal as Leninism -- nor vice versa.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Seems to confirm Ruy Teixeira's theory about the Dems' future being in highly-educated and energetic urban "ideopolises."

Exactly. The RWCJ, of course, will focus on decaying city centers ("but...but...Detroit!") as opposed to the burgeoning suburbs and exurbs that are slowly but inexorably turning blue.

The Republican party is in a death spiral. They aren't making enough new (R)etards to (R)eplace the (R)apidly aging Fox News core demographic.

 

[BotanyBoy]

No one is trying to pass off the New Deal as Leninism -- nor vice versa.

Didnt' say they were.

What I'm saying is the modern "progressive" left likes to cite FDR as an inspiration, yet they behave and push the politics of Marx....not FDR.


It's right in the DNC platform, we both know it because I outlined that for you already.

Equity seeking is class warfare......not at all what FDR was about, that's why damn near all the self proclaimed "FDR" Democrats out there who support the current (D) platform are full of shit and the hard headed idiots who don't understand the difference between strong civil services (FDR. social liberalism) and seeking social/economic/racial/gender equity....class/demographic warfare rooted in Marxism.

 

[Carnal_Flower]

This whole tangent is a good example of your selective criticism.

You haven't said a thing about the R losses and obvious erosion of their base, which IS the point of the thread.

If the parties were reversed, you'd have shitcanned the Ds for how they suck so much they're losing their base. But not a peep about how Rs are blowing their one party control; your criticism is solely to vent your spleen on Dems.

Any thread is merely a pretext for you to bitch about the same thing, over and over. While, once again, giving a free pass to Rs, which makes you a partisan hack.

Didnt' say they were.

What I'm saying is the modern "progressive" left likes to cite FDR as an inspiration, yet they behave and push the politics of Marx....not FDR.


It's right in the DNC platform, we both know it because I outlined that for you already.

Equity seeking is class warfare......not at all what FDR was about, that's why damn near all the self proclaimed "FDR" Democrats out there who support the current (D) platform are full of shit and the hard headed idiots who don't understand the difference between strong civil services (FDR. social liberalism) and seeking social/economic/racial/gender equity....class/demographic warfare rooted in Marxism.

 

[HisArpy]

There's a very interesting map at your link which seems to dispute your premise.

 

[BotanyBoy]

This whole tangent is a good example of your selective criticism.

No, it's not....you're just mad I drug the (D)'s dirty underwear out into the sunlight again.

You haven't said a thing about the R losses and obvious erosion of their base, which IS the point of the thread.

1) But not what Kirk and I were discussing.

2) R losses aren't of their base which is alllllll those rural counties, but of their hold on the purple center, which primarily resides in the burbs.

Now unless you have an example of me condoning or supporting (R)'s promoting class warfare ala Marxist political agendas......come back when you figure out a better argument for me being a partisan as opposed to an ideologue.

 

[mAnn_Tagonist]

Republicans are too busy beating their wives and fucking their cousins to worry about progress, especially now that the negro is out of the white house.

 

[HisArpy]

Republicans are too busy beating their wives and fucking their cousins to worry about progress, especially now that the negro is out of the white house.

Hey, at least WE'RE getting laid. Unlike some...

 

[RobDownSouth]

There's a very interesting map at your link which seems to dispute your premise.

Which map would that be, timmeh?

Keep in mind that it's one person = one vote. Not one square mile = one vote. You and your kind never did comprehend population density very well, didja little fella?

 

[HisArpy]

Which map would that be, timmeh?

Keep in mind that it's one person = one vote. Not one square mile = one vote. You and your kind never did comprehend population density very well, didja little fella?

Uh huh.

Do the words "electoral college" mean anything in your alternative universe? Timmeh?

 

[Kirkrapine]

If Party A's base is in the cities, and Party B's base is in the countryside, and Party A is winning in the exurbs, than Party A is the only one with a future. This applies at all times and places where voting matters.

 

[HisArpy]

If Party A's base is in the cities, and Party B's base is in the countryside, and Party A is winning in the exurbs, than Party A is the only one with a future. This applies at all times and places where voting matters.

Hint #1: Voting matters everywhere.
Hint #2: There's a LOT more "countryside" than "city" in the US.

 

[Kirkrapine]

Hint #1: Voting matters everywhere.

Not in every country.

Hint #2: There's a LOT more "countryside" than "city" in the US.

But there are a lot more city folk (including burbfolk) than country folk.

The countryside doesn't matter. The Real Americans are in the cities, creating all the wealth and art and science and culture and everything else of real value to a society -- including, someday, the food.

 

[HisArpy]

Not in every country.



But there are a lot more city folk (including burbfolk) than country folk.

The countryside doesn't matter. The Real Americans are in the cities, creating all the wealth and art and science and culture and everything else of real value to a society -- including, someday, the food.

A far as I'm aware, every country hold elections. Not all of them are "fair" but there are elections where the people vote in some manner.

Thank you for showing your bias and saying that non-city dwellers "don't matter" because they're not "real Americans". It's typical of progressives and socialists to try to believe that they're so much smarter than everyone else based on where you live or the color of your skin or the dirt under your fingernails. You've just proved it once again.

Question: If all those "country folk" don't matter, where exactly do you think your food comes from? Or the water you drink? And how do you think the goods you buy got to the city in the first place?

All that square area outside the city creates and controls commerce. Without it, you got nothing but starving rats in a trap.

 

[von_Bismarck]

LMAO. The electoral college is just as relevant to this discussion as it was to the discussion about the midterm elections.