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In reply to the discussion: Hillary Rodham Clinton ... [View all]Silver Gaia
(4,542 posts)vs. rural situation. Do people think California is a sea of blue voters or something? We have large rural and mountainous areas that tend to vote conservative, and large urban areas that tend to vote liberal. It's no different than anywhere else!
Look at this holistically on one of those maps that colors red and blue by counties. We look like everywhere else. It's just that, as a state, we are BIG, and we have several very large urban centers within our borders, so overall, the state is going to swing blue. I don't think it is a fair or even accurate way of looking at things to say that Hillary's 2.8 million are just California voters.
That margin comes from every county, every precinct, across America where she did well, and where the election was held freely and fairly without supressing votes. To say it is all "just California" diminishes ALL Democrats, as if some of us count "too much" and others "not enough." It is dangerous and divisive rhetoric that helps no one but Republicans. And it needs to stop.
(And please don't lecture me about the EC. I am well aware of its purpose, the problems surrounding it, AND of the fact that California holds the key to 55 of them. Enough on that.)