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[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 24 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Fine. If you’re a right wing nut move south.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 18 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

Trump actually isn't very popular in the South today.

His strongest remaining support is in the two top coal-mining states


Wyoming and West Virginia


and Idaho. None of those are in the South.

The Economist's net approval map is interactive


you can click on it to get numbers


and I can't put that in this post, but here's a screenshot showing the colors:

https://www.economist.com/interactive/trump-approval-tracker

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[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

He would still win if there was an election today. Even though they don't like Trump, they'd still vote party line.

[–] ChimpChamp22@reddthat.com 2 points 6 months ago

MAGA also did, and continues to do, everything it can to rig the elections.

Great.

But the south has a fucking hard-on for absolutely fucking imbecilic, racist, xenophobic Republicans. So, you know, have fun with that.

I would be stoked if the actually productive and cosmopolitan states could shed the dead weight of the fucking confeds (and the handful of “frontier” states that think they could swing it without federal support - spoiler alert, they absolutely cannot), and then just make some sort of agricultural deal with Canada and Mexico to make up for the flyover states being the People’s Republic of Supply Side Jesus, and let them see how that pans out for a few decades. I’m fucking done giving a shit about the parts of the country that are so far up their own asshole that they don’t understand they’re voting against their own best interests.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Damn, Maryland is pissed

Also I really hate those square maps, they make the Midwest a jumbled mess.

[–] RFKJrsBrainworm@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

Look at DC..... they're -71.6%

[–] MumboJumbo@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Unfortunately though, if you toggle the switch to "2024 Voters", the map gets less red (Red indicating underwater in approval rating, grey being positive - for anyone that didn't play with the map.) Those haters need to vote!

[–] WindyRebel@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You’re correct. I’m not sure what “2024 voters” means though. Maybe I didn’t search hard enough. Are they just voters polled back in 2024? Is All voters they polled this year? Is All 2024 and 2025 combined?

[–] MumboJumbo@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

I assume it to mean persons that actually voted in 2024, not just eligible to vote, or general population.

[–] QBertReynolds@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I guess fuck everyone in Atlanta, Memphis, Austin, New Orleans, or any other city in the south, right?

[–] f1error@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yep. You called it. Good luck.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

It was just a starting negotiation. I’m open to suggestions

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Look we’re going to make sure there’s plenty of room for you here because we’re going to persuasively ask the Nazis to leave. I’m sure New Orleans and Atlanta will have strongholds in the cities but again there’s going to be plenty of room in Utah, Southern California, Montana and Idaho when we start encouraging the Nazis to go to their own country.

[–] seejur@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Good luck with Idaho. You would need to depopulate 90% of the state

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I thought about that. I’m thinking Boise and salt lake will give us a land bridge to Colorado and Nebraska for grains. We might have to start with the most important portions of land.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I think you’re right I am making a second map

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

This electoral map will help coordinate

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Red state here. Are you all accepting adoption applications? I don't get in much trouble at school and clean my room every day.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago
[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Why because the south would become a white christofacist ethnostate? Isn’t it better than us all having to live under that? To be clear that is what project 2025 is.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 6 months ago

https://sh.itjust.works/comment/21024165 adding large blue swaths of farm country.