Yet the Granite State is a forced-unionism (aka forced collectivist communism) state. The Republicans now in command need to totally bust the thugocracy of the union grip there.
Posted on 02/22/2011 9:41:44 AM PST by red meat conservative
Gallup just released their latest polling data on party strength in each of the fifty states. They polled the respondents based on their party identification, not political ideology. As it turns out, the most Democrat state (excluding DC, of course) is not Vermont, New York, or Massachusetts. It is... Maryland! That's right. Maryland is the state with the largest Democrat party advantage, at 22% over the GOP. Here is a list of the top ten Democrat and GOP states:
Most Dem States 1. D.C. 2. Maryland 3. Massachusetts 4. Vermont 5. Hawaii 6. Rhode Island 7. New York 8. Delaware 9. Connecticut 10. California
Most Republican States
1. Wyoming 2. Utah 3. Idaho 4. Alaska 5. Kansas 6. Montana 7. Nebraska 8. South Dakota 9. New Hampshire 10. Alabama
Here is Gallup's analysis of the top ten list:
Apart from the District of Columbia, Rhode Island ranked as the most Democratic state in 2008 and 2009, but is tied for sixth this year after showing one of the steepest declines in Democratic affiliation. Maryland has been in the top 10 each year but has moved steadily up the list, from eighth in 2008 to fourth in 2009 to second in 2010.There is no question that there is a direct correlation between the growth in the public sector and the augmentation of Democrat party ID in Maryland. Most federal workers live in southern or central Maryland.
On a national level, this report forebodes goods news for conservatives. All of the 50 states lost at least a small percentage of Democrat voters, with New Hampshire and Rhode Island leading the pack, with a 12% decline in membership. Keep in mind that the Democrats have a much stronger representation in party affiliation and identification than in allegiance to their ideology. For example, many southern states like Kentucky and Louisiana still have more registered Democrats, even though they are conservative states. This study shows that the realignment is expanding to party affiliation as well as ideological identification.
As for Maryland.......
Unfortunately, this is no surprise to those of us who live here. Even in “red” Frederick County, there’s a lot of socialist pressure from the psychopathic liberals.
What’s ironic is that outside of Baltimore, Prince George’s, and Montgomery counties, pretty much the rest of Maryland leans republican. The problem is that these three counties are have enough people to overwhelm the rest of the state.
One of the reason why I left. I was in Western MD, perhaps one of the last places the state is red, but that was even changing. Montgomery County types were infesting the region after ruining that area.
In terms of voter ID, I think there are more “unenrolleds” in Massachusetts than Dems, but in terms of officeholders it’s still maybe 90 per cent Dem. At least. Some improvements in state legislature but otherwise, the Dems have gov, lt gov, auditor, treasurer,
sec of state, all 10 (soon to be 9) US Reps, 1 of 2 U.S. Senators, etc.
We’re Number 1!
I live in Northern Virginia, and this is easy for me to believe. They have an enormous black population in PG and Baltimore counties, probably the biggest east coast Jewish voting bloc this side of NY and a very big rich liberal yuppie community in Montgomery County.
Golly, I wonder how those top 10 Dem states are doing with their budget deficits? And, are people moving out of those various jurisdictions?
Hah!
-Rex
Go Wyoming!
I just moved to MD about a year ago from what I thought was a socialist Paradise. Michigan was positively a freedom loving bastion of liberty compared to this place. The libs are totally non-thinking, scared of their own shadows lunatics. You can see it when the entire state cowers in fear over a little bit of snow.
While visiting an aunt and uncle in a Maryland suburb of D.C. back in the 60s, I noticed that my uncle came down to breakfast each morning and peered out the window at his neighbors’ driveways. He was a private sector engineer who was heavily involved in the development of the first instrument landing systems for airports. Nearly all his neighbors held government jobs.
One morning I asked him about his routine of peering at their driveways. He responded that he was always happy to see their cars still there as it meant that they weren’t downtown wasting office supplies and making life miserable for the rest of us.
After spending 30+ years trying to make a living in what little remains of the private sector here, I fully understand why he felt the way he did.
And can someone tell me why, when there is some lower severity situation or natural event, a government sends out word that only ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES SHOULD REPORT FOR “WORK?” It begs the question WHY THE HELL DOES A TAXPAYER FUNDED BUREAUCRACY EVEN HAVE NON-ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES??
I’m very happy to see New Hampshire on the “right” list. ;-)
It is the worthless DC and Baltimore areas that is responsible for this idiocy. I left Montgomery Co. MD two years ago to come back to Texas. I thank God every day that I no longer live there.
7 of the USA’s 10 wealthiest counties surround Washington DC.
this wealth is derived from a big Federal Gov’t. Of course they support the interventionist, big gov’t Left.
Yet the Granite State is a forced-unionism (aka forced collectivist communism) state. The Republicans now in command need to totally bust the thugocracy of the union grip there.
That is definitely a problem. Of course, it mostly affects our public sector, which is significantly less bloated than those of our immediate neighbors. Now that NH has veto-proof Republican majorities in both houses of our legislature, I expect this issue will be dealt with appropriately. Live Free... and all that.
Like you, I'm so glad to be in Texas. Decades ago, I left Maryland's neighboring state of Pennsylvania (where forced unionism is the law and dumboRATs dominate outside of the 'T' region).
My fear (and I hope that fellow Texan FReepers can prove me wrong on this) is that the Messkins (both legal and illegal) are breeding at such a rate that our tradition of pro-God Conservative values will be overwhelmed by these third-world types who embrace Socialism. It happened in California and I fervently pray the same fate doesn't befall us.
Snow? They are scared of the rain. Are you ever on 695 when it begins to drizzle?
However knowing it well, the body of limousine liberal types, that is a bunch of spoiled dumb women living in dreamland gained from the corporate tax income, speaks for the mindset that has consumed much of suburban America.
Joe Biden, a truly babbling buffoon, I guess says it all.
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