Demographic question: Is the area you live in

[XemaSab]

(not your state or your part of the country, but your town, county, or congressional district) generally blue, red, or purple?

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	Blue
	10 (40%)
	Red
	9 (36%)
	Purple
	5 (20%)
	It's complicated
	1 (4%)
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[HappyMe]

1. Primarily blue.

There are some R people. They are few, but fuck if they aren't loud!

[demosincebirth]

2. In N. Ca. Bay Area -- East Bay.

[Gormy Cuss]

15. Me too, but I'm far enough East that it's only bluish purple.

It's getting bluer every election though.

[demosincebirth]

38. Home and rental properties are cheaper. Sons and daughters of old democrats are moveing east

to the Tracy area.

[Comrade Grumpy]

25. Up here in Sonoma County, Republicans are so rare...

...that they are the objects of scavenger hunts.

[ananda]

3. My immediate area is blue..

.. but my state is tea party red... Texas.

[Behind the Aegis]

4. "Redder" than the flames of Hell, and with the same temperature!

[Mnemosyne]

24. +1000 nt

[Sedona]

5. Sedona and Coconino County

Blue in a red state

[Go Vols]

6. Most here

are very red,my local watering hole is full of union workers and are blue.

[Fresh_Start]

7. GOP has higher registration, but the democratic party generally wins

but that's because California has a huge unaffiliated voter pool

[kelly1mm]

8. In my 62% for Obama in 2008 state, my county voted 70% for McCain. nt

[Still Sensible]

9. Norman OK - A somewhat purple college town

in a mind-numbingly red state. It is a lot redder shade of purple than most college towns. By comparison, Austin TX is a spot of actual blue in that still red state to the south.

[riderinthestorm]

10. Red district (Denny Hastert's old one, now Randy Hastert a Tea Party thug), in a blue state (IL) nt

[MrSlayer]

11. South Philly. Bluer than a hooloovoo.

Philly is Democratic country for sure.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

12. Could go blue, if the candidates didn't suck so badly.

It is nothing short of miraculous that each and every election our side rises to the occasion and doesn't merely find a candidate that is equal to or worse than Dana Rohrabacher... but is spectacularly worse than Dana Rohrabacher. The Republicans threw him overboard in 2006 and 2008 and still he won!



So how did this disheveled loser who can't open his mouth without sounding like he has brain damage win?

Well, why don't you ask these two?

[cali]

13. I live in the reddest part of the state- and it's still blue

in fact, my whole state is blue. My town went 972 to 459 for Obama in 2008, and it's a rural place with lots of loggers and farmers, though there's probably as many old hippies and neo-hippies. Obama carried every county in the state by a margin of 60%+- except for one where he only got 56%.

[oppressedproletarian]

14. blue

Seattle, WA is solidly blue, as is most of Western Wa. Eastern WA tends to be red but there are more people in the western portion.

[Jennicut]

16. The only real purple area of Connecticut-Litchfield County

and the 5th district. It has been red in the past in Presidential elections but did go for Gore, Kerry and Obama. There is some expensive homes in the Farmington Valley area and even in some of the small towns in the Litchfield Hills. It also has some working class areas like Meriden and New Britain. In the past, there has been Republican Representatives. I hope this area stays blue again but the local elections almost all went to Repubs last time

[jillan]

17. Living in a red red red part of Az - but moving into a leaning blue area as soon as my house sells:)

[justabob]

18. complicated

I live on the edge between a very light red/purple neighborhood and a dark purple neighborhood of a purple city/county. I do have a dem representative.

[Nikia]

19. The "city" was won by Obama by 1 vote in 2008, but other elections won by Republicans

At around 60%. This is rural Wisconsin.
People tend to assume that the whole area is Republican so they are more vocal and proud of their politics. Obviously there are a fair amount of Democrats too, but many seem to be in hiding or something. I think that even if we aren't picking fights with people, it is important to be proud of who we are rather than being quiet and "passing".

[Change has come]

20. Red County in a purple state.

(Carson City, Nevada). Obama won the city/county by 161 votes last time. I hope it is close again!

[renie408]

21. South Carolina. NO, I am not moving. n/t

[mvd]

22. District is red-leaning

County is generally blue now.

[Raine]

23. Coastal Los Angeles County mostly blue but a purplish edge on one end. I know because that's

end I'm on.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

26. We're blue but

a Republican can get elected here if he/she is not too much of a whack job. I might add those types of Republicans are becoming rarer.

[CK_John]

27. Every election since 1986 has been 1500(R) 500(D) give or take a few votes.

There is joke among poll workers that they can tell who died since the last election by the number who voted at different times during the day.

[Drunken Irishman]

28. Complicated...

Salt Lake City is as blue as it gets - no Republicans representing us in the state legislature, no Republican mayor since the 70s and a fairly liberal city council. Salt Lake County is purple ... our mayor (county mayor, we have city mayors and then county mayors) is a Democrat, but the Republican might win this November and the county council shifted Republican in 2010. My congressional district leans Republican, but I have a Democrat representing me (if you can call him that).

[Liberalynn]

29. The cities I live near are blue

but the towns, villages, and suburbs are mostly red, although some did go for Kerry and Obama, in the Presidential elections so I guess that makes us Purple. Currently we are stuck with an ass hat Tea Partier as Congressional Representative but due to redistricting he will no longer be my representative. Unfortunately my guess is the new Puke will win, but I am hoping not.

I have been asked to volunteer for Democratic challenger and I said yes!

[CTyankee]

30. The People's Republic of New Haven, CT here! Blue as they come!

Much to the dismay of a small, disgruntled group of R's who can't stand the presence of Yale and its evil influences on New Haven...

[graywarrior]

31. I live in a red area of Ma

[Alduin]

32. My congressional district voted for Michele Bachmann.

[Liberalynn]

33. You have my sympathies.

She's even worse than Tom Reed, who was bad enough! He's been redistricted out of here but I just have this bad feeling we are still going to get stuck with a Puke.

[NYC Liberal]

34. Obama won my district with almost 95% of the vote

So I'd say blue

[gollygee]

35. I live in a swing voting county

in a swing voting state

And oh are we getting a lot of ads.

[Arctic Dave]

36. Red District in a Red State.

Trying our damnedest to change it.

[csziggy]

37. Leon County Florida

Voted over 61% for John Kerry in 2004 and a half percent more for Obama in 2008.

[loyalsister]

39. Town- blue

Congressional purplish. State- spotty more red than blue on the map, but more people in the blue areas.

[Cairycat]

40. Purple, but my kids were always the lone liberal

in their History and Government classes. Fortunately they were always the most informed and most up on current events, so they were respected and listened to.

The town itself - you'd think a college town would be a little more blue. Incomes are higher than average, though, and I think that accounts for it not being bluer.