"Reagan Country"

[brooklynite]

[samnsara]

1. i want this as a poster!

[SummerSnow]

2. Wow, that's the color blue I was looking for in kitchen curtains. Thanks OC!!

[CaptYossarian]

26. In the book "The Psychology of Color",

the colors blue and green are peaceful, relaxing colors. That's why TV shows have "green rooms" where guests can relax before going on camera. Those qualities fit us lefties as well.

Colors like red and orange are known to excite people's emotions. That would explain why the Trumpanzees won the White House, yet are still pissed off. Apparently, they hate brown and black skin along with anything lavender. At least (unemployed) Kim Davis does.

[marble falls]

3. For the non twitterers among us ...

[MarkEzra]

4. My 1st Democratic Congressperson Since 1979

I moved to the OC in 1979. Now... Finally!... I have a democratic Congressperson... Katie Porter! So proud of her.

[Honeycombe8]

5. A picture is worth a thousand words. nt

[LakeSuperiorView]

6. Not Reagan Country

[Farmer-Rick]

10. And I've heard some statisticians say that is when the vote rigging began in earnest

They call it a red shift. But it really is a concerted cheat shift.

[Cosmocat]

12. It was when the country begain in ernest to bend over backwards

to republican bullshit ...

Jimmy Carter was a good, decent man who they painted as some kind of incompetent, while pumping Reagen up to be the greatest human being the world has ever know.

Side note - they started there back room dealing with Iran to hold our American citizens hostage longer so that they were not released until Reagen took office ...

[Farmer-Rick]

14. Yup, yup, yup

All RepubliCON presidents have been traitors since Nixon. They have no morals, no allegiance but to selfishness.

[BigmanPigman]

29. I turned 18 in 1980 and voted for Carter.

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I was stuck with 12 straight years of GOP BS, economy, lies, cheating, etc. When Clinton was elected I thought things would get better but the GOP became even worse (my whole life they have been out doing themselves somehow lowering their own bar). So depressing.

[Cosmocat]

30. YEP

They just keep getting worse... and the country just can't stop indulging them.

[pazzyanne]

25. That was the year my Minnesotan grandparents shifted

from Republican voters to being Democrats. They believed that no good could come from electing an actor to the White House. I now add a reality star and used car salesman to their wisdom.

[LakeSuperiorView]

27. I honestly do not know how my grandparents voted.

One side were from farm families, so I hope they were DFL. The other side was more in the retail/service sector.

One thing that I like about Minnesota is that other than Ike (who carried the entire country) they have only voted once for the Red side since the parties switched identities.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

7. I call it Democratic chemo.

and it's effectiveness is beautiful.......

[Auggie]

8. I didn't think it was possible. Outstanding.

[gibraltar72]

9. High colonic!

[sweetroxie]

11. My! What a pretty color!

[malthaussen]

13. So are they changing the county's name...

... to Blue County?

-- Mal

[NewJeffCT]

19. Blue is the new Orange

[Just a Weirdo]

15. They now have to remove all mentions of RR

Except for his Library in Simi Valley.

[erronis]

33. Let's start with Washington National Airport - misnamed the Ronnie Reagan Airport.

I've always wanted to rename the Blue Plains Sewage Treatment Plant (across from Washington National) to the Ronnie Reagan Sewage Monument.

[MyOwnPeace]

37. I like the way you think!

After what "Raygun" did to the Air Traffic Controllers I thought it was an OUTRAGE to dare name an airport after him. Sewage Treatment Plant - perfect!

[struggle4progress]

16. When you said "Reagan country", I thought you meant

[Dem2theMax]

32. Not funny

Having lost an uncle to Alzheimer's, a dear friend to Alzheimer's, and having done caregiving for Alzheimer's patients, there is never an appropriate joke when it comes to that disease. May you never have to experience the things I have had to deal with when it comes to watching people you love disappear mentally, but still be here physically.

[struggle4progress]

34. I've had friends deteriorate this way

I also watched the whole country ignore President Reagan's growing inability to distinguish between his actual personal history and the movie parts he'd played in earlier years

[Nitram]

17. Wow!

[ffr]

18. So we're clear on this. CA has some of the highest state tax rates in the country

And the citizens of California just voted the spend and spend, deficit loving republicans.

SMART!

[sandensea]

20. Well...

That's amazing. Thanks!

"Do we really need to hide like this, Nancy? It's just France, isn't it?"

"No. Orange County."

[Blue_true]

21. Sweet!!!! nt

[Blue Owl]

22. The Trump Bump

n/t

[SpankMe]

23. Cool, but the demographics have been changing in Orange County, CA for years

A lot more heavily Hispanic and gay friendly. I used to live in SoCal and could see the shift beginning there 20 years ago. It was solidly red then, but the margins of Republican victory were getting smaller.

I have a feeling that a couple of these districts will bounce back red in the next cycle or two. But, the majority will remain blue for the near term.

After Orange County broke off from L.A. County in the late 1800's, conservatives were attracted to it and started moving there over time. But, I think that the growth of tourism, industry and housing drew more and more moderates there from L.A. County and has tipped OC more blue over time.

In spite of the Democratic Reps now repping the whole county at the federal level, all but one of the county's elected officers are still Republican.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

24. We in the 48th look so much sexier in blue!

Dumping Dana was the perfect diet.

[saidsimplesimon]

28. Our members in California

are simply amazing. I congratulate them for their fundraising, supporting candidates and getting out the vote.

Decades ago, I was living in a Detroit suburb, I often heard the "girls" in high school say that all the cool fashions started in California. I would add, progressive thinking is still alive and well.

Brava and Bravo to all.

[catbyte]

31. Yet more proof:

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[bluescribbler]

35. WOW!!!

nt

[Power 2 the People]

36. Beeeeeeeautiful!!!

[oasis]

38. Beautiful Sea of Blue. 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊