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Does PRG have members in all 50 states? (Original Post) demwing Nov 2014 OP
South Central Wisconsin Half-Century Man Nov 2014 #1
East Central Wisconsin. Scuba Nov 2014 #9
Hi from Colorado jeepers Dec 2014 #78
Florida here. djean111 Nov 2014 #2
OHIO Enthusiast Nov 2014 #3
virginia here, near Charlottesville peacebird Nov 2014 #4
Connecticut! bigwillq Nov 2014 #5
California here! silverweb Nov 2014 #6
Another California here minivan2 Nov 2014 #27
Good to see ya! silverweb Nov 2014 #28
NorCal !!! WillyT Nov 2014 #41
I didn't know we're neighbors, Willy! silverweb Nov 2014 #44
Way Cool !!! WillyT Nov 2014 #45
North Carolina checking in! NRaleighLiberal Nov 2014 #7
Alabama yallerdawg Nov 2014 #8
Right next door in MS :D n/t Aerows Nov 2014 #14
Massachusetts is a commonwealth MannyGoldstein Nov 2014 #10
watching the Red Sox offseason with great interest from here... NRaleighLiberal Nov 2014 #11
It counts but the jury is still out on whether you are "good". Just sayin' rhett o rick Nov 2014 #71
Pennsylvania starroute Nov 2014 #12
Western Pennsylvania here. femmocrat Nov 2014 #52
Mississippi here Aerows Nov 2014 #13
Pennsylvania PADemD Nov 2014 #15
Tucson, Arizona checking in! Lady Freedom Returns Nov 2014 #16
The great state of Michigan is on board Doctor_J Nov 2014 #17
Cali grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #18
Washington here! F4lconF16 Nov 2014 #19
'Hia. riqster Nov 2014 #20
St. Petersburg, secondvariety Nov 2014 #21
Hey neighbor demwing Nov 2014 #23
Hey to you, too. secondvariety Nov 2014 #58
North Central Cali calikid Nov 2014 #22
New York checking in Alittleliberal Nov 2014 #24
Upstate New York Checking In cantbeserious Nov 2014 #60
Real upstate? Alittleliberal Nov 2014 #61
Syracuse - Real Upstate cantbeserious Nov 2014 #65
We're practically neighbors, closer to Utica than Syracuse I believe, only been here for a year and sabrina 1 Nov 2014 #66
Hi Sabrina - Nice To Meet You cantbeserious Nov 2014 #67
You too cantbeserious! sabrina 1 Nov 2014 #72
Downstate here nt LiberalElite Nov 2014 #76
Cap region ;) wavesofeuphoria Jan 2015 #81
Colorado right here. Autumn Nov 2014 #25
Minnesota. Home of freshly re-elected Senator Al Franken. scarletwoman Nov 2014 #26
Stop bragging.. Lady Freedom Returns Nov 2014 #29
Forgive me. scarletwoman Nov 2014 #31
Thank you. And sorry for getting snappy. Lady Freedom Returns Nov 2014 #53
Another Arizonan here. TM99 Nov 2014 #54
Yes, we love him. And we want to keep him. jwirr Nov 2014 #56
Also Minnesota dflprincess Nov 2014 #73
Washington, D.C. here. N/T Chathamization Nov 2014 #30
NC...rural foothills, about 60 miles NNW of Charlothe. ms liberty Nov 2014 #32
Florida (NW) with connections tosh Nov 2014 #33
Georgia checking in! Segami Nov 2014 #34
Ohio! RiverLover Nov 2014 #35
Iowa is represented Vincardog Nov 2014 #36
Nevada! Change has come Nov 2014 #37
Washington Scootaloo Nov 2014 #38
Same rhett o rick Nov 2014 #70
Illinois! Martin Eden Nov 2014 #39
Hello neighbor! hedda_foil Nov 2014 #48
Hello to you too :) Martin Eden Nov 2014 #49
At least you let her know that many of us weren't blind to reality. hedda_foil Nov 2014 #51
Central Florida zipplewrath Nov 2014 #40
Northern Illinois Jake2413 Nov 2014 #42
NJ here! Euphoria Nov 2014 #43
IN here, but my heart's still in WI bbgrunt Nov 2014 #46
Illinois here. hedda_foil Nov 2014 #47
Texas, and still in the Austin fox hole. Eleanors38 Nov 2014 #50
I'm in Minnesota. jwirr Nov 2014 #55
Massachusetts BlindTiresias Nov 2014 #57
Naples Florida & Austin TX for the most part. /nt think Nov 2014 #59
Just North of Minneapolis here. 99Forever Nov 2014 #62
NH here. bunnies Nov 2014 #63
Central California. onecaliberal Nov 2014 #64
Northeast New York State here! Rhiannon12866 Nov 2014 #68
West Central Wisconsin here Lifelong Protester Nov 2014 #69
Kicked for vis. /nt demwing Nov 2014 #74
Texas (Houston) TBF Nov 2014 #75
SF, CA AtomicKitten Dec 2014 #77
Oregon and Democrats Abroad davidpdx Dec 2014 #79
Add Maryland! Waiting For Everyman Jan 2015 #80
South Carolina! beerandjesus Jan 2015 #82

silverweb

(16,402 posts)
6. California here!
Thu Nov 13, 2014, 06:45 PM
Nov 2014

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]I probably should say North-Central California, since I'm sure more Californians will be along soon.



NRaleighLiberal

(60,013 posts)
11. watching the Red Sox offseason with great interest from here...
Thu Nov 13, 2014, 07:08 PM
Nov 2014

cringing with the Celtics, not sure about the Bruins - and looking forward to the next stretch of Pats games!

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
66. We're practically neighbors, closer to Utica than Syracuse I believe, only been here for a year and
Sat Nov 15, 2014, 02:49 PM
Nov 2014

a half but love it.

scarletwoman

(31,893 posts)
26. Minnesota. Home of freshly re-elected Senator Al Franken.
Thu Nov 13, 2014, 08:38 PM
Nov 2014

Because he's good enough, he's smart enough, and gosh darn, people like him.

Lady Freedom Returns

(14,120 posts)
29. Stop bragging..
Thu Nov 13, 2014, 08:50 PM
Nov 2014

Some of us ended up with a deuce. A Repuke named Doug Ducey at that, (Governor race)

Have no Idea about the Barber -McSally race yet. Auto recount under way. Some 200 ballots found. Fingers crossed! GO RON!!!!!

scarletwoman

(31,893 posts)
31. Forgive me.
Thu Nov 13, 2014, 08:55 PM
Nov 2014

I can't help but be happy about Franken. And honestly, I think there could be something to learn about how he campaigned, and why he succeeded when other Dems didn't.

I don't want to gloat, however. Please accept my sincere condolences for your loss.

dflprincess

(28,075 posts)
73. Also Minnesota
Sat Nov 15, 2014, 11:43 PM
Nov 2014

where my once red suburban state senate district not only went with Franken and Dayton it also returned two DFLers back to the State House of Representatives.

Sadly, though it stuck with Erik Paulsen for 3rd District Congress. Probably because the SOB has an undeserved reputation as a moderate and does his best to avoid face to face meeting with voters and anyone who dares run against him. Something those who are not active in politics would be aware of. (And he runs such nice ads with his lovely family - who could help but like him )

Martin Eden

(12,859 posts)
39. Illinois!
Thu Nov 13, 2014, 10:11 PM
Nov 2014

Downers Grove, a suburb in DuPage County, west of Chicago (grew up near Midway Airport on Chicago's southwest side).

Martin Eden

(12,859 posts)
49. Hello to you too :)
Fri Nov 14, 2014, 07:56 AM
Nov 2014

Mostly red suburb in a blue state, but we finally got rid of Biggert and re-elected Foster!

I wrote Biggert a letter in the fall of 2003 imploring her not to vote for the IWR that gave GW Bush the green light to invade Iraq. Of course she voted for it, and her reply letter to me (probably the same position paper she sent en masse) explained we needed to invade Iraq because 9/11 showed the deadly combination of terrorists and weapons of mass destruction. I excoriated her for insulting the intelligence of voters, pointing out that Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11 and those terrorists were armed with box cutters.

hedda_foil

(16,371 posts)
51. At least you let her know that many of us weren't blind to reality.
Fri Nov 14, 2014, 11:33 AM
Nov 2014

I used to have Biggert too. Then the Illinois dems squeezed the reddest bits of DuPage into one district (with my neighborhood included). And they gifted us with Peter Roskam (R- ALEC).

TBF

(32,029 posts)
75. Texas (Houston)
Thu Nov 20, 2014, 09:20 AM
Nov 2014

the large cities here all vote blue.


2012 for Obama:

* Travis County, home to Austin, the state's most liberal city. Romney trailed with just over 36 percent of the vote.

* Dallas County appears to be on its way to becoming almost as reliably Democrat. Obama took just over 57 percent of the vote to Romney's nearly 42 percent.

* Bexar County (San Antonio), Obama tallied nearly 52 percent to Romney's 47 percent. --> this is where Julian Castro served as mayor before being tapped for HUD

* Harris County - Around Houston, for example, Romney took 52 percent of the vote in Fort Bend County, 66 percent in Brazoria County and nearly 80 percent of the vote in Montgomery County. --> I am in Brazoria (worked on the campaign in 2008 - we lost to Hillary in Brazoria. Latina women especially loved Hillary).



Issues in Texas include gerrymandering and limiting access to vote. But the biggest issue with Texas is demographics. This is a very large state and it will take a couple more cycles for the old white folks to die out in numbers significant enough to put Texas in play ... the younger generations are majority latino/black/asian.

http://www.businessinsider.com/texas-demographics-by-age-group-2013-3

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