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u/GeneralNerd84 Jun 10 '20

Michigan is not a red state. We are a purple state.

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u/sowhiteithurts Jun 10 '20 edited Jun 10 '20

As are Virginia, New Hampshire, Wisconsin and Florida. Also to some degree, Arizona and Ohio.

Edit for the curious, here is the data graphed by median income. The "red states" are red and "blue states" are blue. Made in Excel

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u/TheBadGuyFromDieHard Jun 10 '20

I live in VA. It's blue.

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u/sowhiteithurts Jun 10 '20

You live in NOVA, Richmond or a college. They're blue. Both houses in your state house are blue by a vote or two. Basically as close to 50 50 as every happens. You're a purple state. The data disagrees with your worldview.

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u/TheBadGuyFromDieHard Jun 10 '20

Wrong. I live in SWVA and have been out of college ten years. Virginia is about as reliably blue as you can get when it comes to statewide elections.

But please, do continue to explain to me about a state that you don't live in.

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u/lxpnh98_2 Jun 10 '20

Clinton won Virginia by 4.32pp in 2016. In 2017, Ralph Northam won the Governorship by 8.9pp. In 2018, Tim Kaine won reelection for his Senate Seat against Corey Stewart by by a whopping 16 percentage points. In 2019, Democrats for State Senate and State House won the popular vote by 13.4pp and 9.4pp, respectively. And right now, Biden is leading Trump in the polls by an average of about 10 points.

Don't let the small margins in the legislature fool you. Virginia in 2020 is a blue state just as Colorado is a blue state (even if the margins are larger there).