and I got 100% on this particular cognitive test! I am a GENIUS!!!

Kidding, but I did get them all right.

They've been sucking off the democratic teat for so many years that they can barely stand on their own.

They apparently call them COWS (right-wingnuts from California, Oregon, and Washington)

NYTimes
As Idaho Grows Ever Redder Boise Worries About Its Isolation
11/7/2025

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/us/politics/boise-idaho-trump-conservatism.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nVA._K-_.jryI4WwUHXay&smid=nytcore-android-share

and Boise worries about isolation??…hahaha

These are lily-white rural states with nary a major city among them.

Boise is about 238K and all Idaho's Jackmormons/non-Mormons/Liberals huddle together there for mutual protection.

Charleston WV is under 50K.

My home area (with the exception of Dare County) has been reliably Democratic for a very long time and it is mostly due to the fact that it is around 73% African American.

There are other areas of the lower Atlantic Seaboard where this happens as well. There is no way that the orange gibbon could get the numbers to rate a 'positive' there.

the Extreme Court is allowing states to gerrymander them out of existence, so their impact on elections is minimal.

Dictatorship, here we come.

Doug Wilson of Christ Church is trying to change that, but he's getting pushback. LOTS of pushback.

Less than 30,000.

Clearly I wasn't being serious

Net Approval
The swing is quite large. I guess the lesson is that turning out people who didn't vote in 2024 is critical.

Alabama
-6 all adult citizens
+8 2024 voters

Oklahoma
-3 all adult citizens
+17 2024 voters

Arkansas
-6 all adult citizens
+13 2024 voters

Tennessee
-3 all adult citizens
+10 2024 voters

Kentucky
-10 all adult citizens
+4 2024 voters

He's down however you look at it in MS and LA

Mississippi
-14 all adult citizens
-5 2024 voters

Louisiana
-12 all adult citizens
-1 2024 voters

Focusing on the south:

Net Approval

Alabama
-6 all adult citizens
+8 2024 voters

Oklahoma
-3 all adult citizens
+17 2024 voters

Arkansas
-6 all adult citizens
+13 2024 voters

Tennessee
-3 all adult citizens
+10 2024 voters

Kentucky
-10 all adult citizens
+4 2024 voters

He's down however you look at it in MS and LA

Mississippi
-14 all adult citizens
-5 2024 voters

Louisiana
-12 all adult citizens
-1 2024 voters

Am I off base to see the differential as a product of successful vote suppression??

North Dakota population 800,000 ........population supporting one senator 400,000
South Dakota population 943,000.........population supporting one senator 471,500
Wyoming population 590,784........population supporting one senator 295,392
California population 39,350.000........population supporting one senator 19,575,000

More powerful legislative branch of congress in my opinion is the Senate as it has a say in all passage of bills plus confirmation of appointees and judges.

North Dakota isn't a real State! It's just a big pit.

...the more I think what we are seeing is successful suppression of democratic-leaning votes.

It has to be close there too.

Although my boss' parents voted for Becarra and dislike Trump, even though they are LDS (not my boss). They say he is not a family man. Interesting.

due to all the missions they have in foreign lands. Utah has a lot of Mormons. They also aren't super keen on mega sinning like Trump is.

For my oldest sister.

I’m from WV and the voters here are really annoying. They complain daily but still vote for the GOP and grrrrrr

Those 4 states have about 8% of the votes in the Senate, yet only .01% of the US population. That is 800 times the power they should have in a true representative democracy.

was in the mix as well

Was surprised they were not.

pride in being worst in everything good and number one in everything bad.

Two out of four ain't bad.