“It seems like Republicans and Democrats are intractable,” said Mark Updegrove, a presidential historian and chairman of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation. “They are both adhering to their own versions of reality, whether they’re based in truth or not.”
Sorry, Democrats live in fantasy land.
There are long expanses of “Red” counties and whole states, interspersed with enclaves of varying size of “Blue” territories. These enclaves happen to contain what is a majority of citizens, compared to the “Red” and nearly contiguous surrounding region.
Previously I had made a suggestion that the nation known as “the United States of America” break up into to separate governing zones, with the “Red” portion adhering to the historic standards that had governed for the first couple of centuries of the whole nation’s existence, and that the “blue” districts could then form whatever cockamamie design of government that suited the majority within their boundaries.
Then, those who found themselves within a region or enclave that did not suit their preferences, would be given opportunity to relocate to the surrounding or nearby region or enclave, on a one-time deal, sort of like separating oil and water. Once the choice is made, no do-overs, except for compelling reason, such as that individual is exhibiting a degree of anti-social behavior so that they would no longer be welcome to remain. Thereafter, commerce of all kinds would be limited to mutually agreeable terms, or foreclosed completely until the mutual agreement is again met.
Dems live in nutbag world.