[[ “But people keep electing them.”
City people elect them. That is it. But the urban vote is now swamping everything else and the dems feel the wind at their back. ]]
Everything you said is true.
But… just what are conservatives (in NY state) going to do about it?
The reality is, not much. The state just keeps getting “bluer”. As do most of the blue states.
The only avenue to change things in NY now is through the courts. If the courts aren’t sympathetic, well, that pretty much exhausts “the conventional approach”. Can’t say what could happen after that.
In the immediate years-to-come, I see the gaps between the red and the blue states growing and deepening at an accelerating pace. Expect the ever-tightening grip of “the state” to grasp harder in places like New York. And more of the same in states like Massachusetts, Illinois, Maryland and Connecticut.
The only solution that makes sense for conservatives living in these places is to get out, even if doing so comes at personal sacrifice and expense. Get out to where you have at least a chance of freedom, in a state where that notion is still embraced by the majority of the local population.
Those notions _ain’t_ embraced by the majority of New Yorkers any more. Cuomo’s gun-grab has probably increased his popularity amongst the down-staters who control the political climate there. Who cares about those upstaters?
“The only solution that makes sense for conservatives living in these places is to get out”
Exactly correct. I live in Wisconsin which teeters on the edge between blue and red. When inner city milwaukee is motivated enough to bother to vote based on race (and the dems bus in unregistered voters from outside Wisconsin) then the state goes blue. When we have white guys running for state offices, the state can go red. We currently have a GOP governor and legislature. Our fate hinges on the city voters - fraudulent or real. I intend to move to a solidly red state in the near future as a tactical retreat. I cannot imagine living in NY. I will not enter that state or even fly through a NY airport. I never knowingly buy anything that originated in NY.
These 2012 election result maps clearly show the problem. Red and blue statewide results are actually determined by the huge blue spikes located at each city.
http://www.princeton.edu/~rvdb/WebGL/Election2012f.html