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  Republicans are the ones making women carry their dead fetus for weeks because they can't get help and want 12 year olds to buy maternity clothing.
  Republicans are the one who want to torture trans people and who fight to reverse gay marriage.
  Republicans are the ones working hard to prevent people from voting.
  And if you were being honest you'd know the list could go on and on. 
  Saying they're the same is the ultimate privilege.
context: With the exception of sisolak dems won NM, CO, AZ, NV, and CA.
  Don't think the south west is the issue >
  
  Still bitter about Boebert winning her district by a few votes. I mean it's fantastic she went from winning by like 16% to coming within a hair of losing but I feel like there were surely 1000 liberals in a district that is like 1/4 of the state who didn't vote because they felt "it's pointless, I live in a dark red district!" or whatever. >
  
  She made it this time but won't next time. I hope. >
  
  Copied from a thread I posted in earlier:
  NM is not really like the rest of the southwest. It barely has any people (maybe 2 million in the whole state now). The demographics are pretty unique: white, hispanic and native dominate. Blacks, Asians, "other" are tiny minorities. Gun violence and poverty are very high. Border state but damn if I ever heard much about the border (unlike it's red state neighbors). 5 electoral votes, not really gonna swing a national election (Gore won NM in 2000).
  The article references "going out and talking with the community." Pushing Dem candidates into areas they hadn't been before. Absolutely correct, but this can be repeated in every state.
  My other rando thought is why are Hispanics in NM so different from those in AZ and TX. They share such a similar background and yet end up with such different political views. >
  
  On your rando thought and being that I'm a Hispanic from NM, the biggest differences are history and socioeconomics. Not to mention the human need to differentiate one's self from others. >
  
  Elaborate. I grew up in Albuquerque. Not on your last point obviously, that one is clear. >
  
  It’s not rocket science. You need to put in the work, connect with voters face to face and then deliver for them. Democrats stopped doing that in my state and Republicans stepped in to fill the void. >
  
  As a white guy who has lived in Az and Austin (supposedly liberal) Tx, moving to NM also felt safer and more welcoming to me too. 
  Maybe because I’m a dem, Tx to me had this undercurrent of racism, Fascism, I got mine, Karen, screw the environment, fake pride, attitude. NM was a breath of fresh air (literally).
  NM seems to better embrace its hispanic and native America cultures.
  I love NM but it does have a problem with its low incomes outside the few populated areas.
  Ironically, I do think it has been helped by its oil and gas resources. These won’t last forever. >
  
  Isn’t the entire state pretty poor other than Santa Fe which mostly has a large population of well off people who moved there from other states? >
  
  On the whole yes. In Albuquerque and Rio Rancho, Taos, there are pockets of wealth due to Intel, Sandia Labs, Los Alamos, UNM, hospitals etc. but outside those, there isn’t much. The land isn’t very productive for farmland or even ranching, but like I said oil and gas has helped rural communities. >
  
  1/2 Democrats have hoped to make the Southwest, or the Sun Belt, a source of reliable support for the past two decades as the political map has shifted, with Midwestern states becoming more competitive and Florida becoming increasingly Republican in recent election s. The >
  
  I’m sorry but New Mexico is nothing like the rest of country we differ greatly from even our neighbors Colorado Texas and Arizona. Politics here are loopy >
  
  I’m sorry but I don’t want a 1 party system anymore. Can’t even tell republicans and democrats apart anymore. >
  
  Republicans are the ones making women carry their dead fetus for weeks because they can't get help and want 12 year olds to buy maternity clothing.
  Republicans are the one who want to torture trans people and who fight to reverse gay marriage.
  Republicans are the ones working hard to prevent people from voting.
  And if you were being honest you'd know the list could go on and on. 
  Saying they're the same is the ultimate privilege. >
  
  I’m sorry what is our defense budget? How much are we giving to our military industrial complex, you lost me. >
  
  With the exception of sisolak dems won NM, CO, AZ, NV, and CA.
  Don't think the south west is the issue >
  
  Still bitter about Boebert winning her district by a few votes. I mean it's fantastic she went from winning by like 16% to coming within a hair of losing but I feel like there were surely 1000 liberals in a district that is like 1/4 of the state who didn't vote because they felt "it's pointless, I live in a dark red district!" or whatever. >
  
  She made it this time but won't next time. I hope. >
  
  Copied from a thread I posted in earlier:
  NM is not really like the rest of the southwest. It barely has any people (maybe 2 million in the whole state now). The demographics are pretty unique: white, hispanic and native dominate. Blacks, Asians, "other" are tiny minorities. Gun violence and poverty are very high. Border state but damn if I ever heard much about the border (unlike it's red state neighbors). 5 electoral votes, not really gonna swing a national election (Gore won NM in 2000).
  The article references "going out and talking with the community." Pushing Dem candidates into areas they hadn't been before. Absolutely correct, but this can be repeated in every state.
  My other rando thought is why are Hispanics in NM so different from those in AZ and TX. They share such a similar background and yet end up with such different political views. >
  
  On your rando thought and being that I'm a Hispanic from NM, the biggest differences are history and socioeconomics. Not to mention the human need to differentiate one's self from others. >
  
  Elaborate. I grew up in Albuquerque. Not on your last point obviously, that one is clear. >
  
  It’s not rocket science. You need to put in the work, connect with voters face to face and then deliver for them. Democrats stopped doing that in my state and Republicans stepped in to fill the void. >
  
  As a white guy who has lived in Az and Austin (supposedly liberal) Tx, moving to NM also felt safer and more welcoming to me too. 
  Maybe because I’m a dem, Tx to me had this undercurrent of racism, Fascism, I got mine, Karen, screw the environment, fake pride, attitude. NM was a breath of fresh air (literally).
  NM seems to better embrace its hispanic and native America cultures.
  I love NM but it does have a problem with its low incomes outside the few populated areas.
  Ironically, I do think it has been helped by its oil and gas resources. These won’t last forever. >
  
  Isn’t the entire state pretty poor other than Santa Fe which mostly has a large population of well off people who moved there from other states? >
  
  On the whole yes. In Albuquerque and Rio Rancho, Taos, there are pockets of wealth due to Intel, Sandia Labs, Los Alamos, UNM, hospitals etc. but outside those, there isn’t much. The land isn’t very productive for farmland or even ranching, but like I said oil and gas has helped rural communities. >
  
  1/2 Democrats have hoped to make the Southwest, or the Sun Belt, a source of reliable support for the past two decades as the political map has shifted, with Midwestern states becoming more competitive and Florida becoming increasingly Republican in recent election s. The >
  
  I’m sorry but New Mexico is nothing like the rest of country we differ greatly from even our neighbors Colorado Texas and Arizona. Politics here are loopy >
  
  I’m sorry but I don’t want a 1 party system anymore. Can’t even tell republicans and democrats apart anymore.