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maxsolomon

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11. Southern states have black people in them.

Reply to Ziggy Beans (Reply #6)

Wed Jun 3, 2026, 04:14 PM

17 hrs ago

These are lily-white rural states with nary a major city among them.

Boise is about 238K and all Idaho's Jackmormons/non-Mormons/Liberals huddle together there for mutual protection.

Charleston WV is under 50K.

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Trump's approval positive in 4 states: can you guess? [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd 19 hrs ago OP

I wrote them all down before opening this post Bettie 18 hrs ago #1

Aced it! Permanut 17 hrs ago #16

Not to Be Cruel, But None of Those Deserve to Be States The Roux Comes First 18 hrs ago #2

Idaho, destination state for right-wingnuts pat_k 18 hrs ago #3

Idaho is home to AryanNations and a slew of white paramilitary militias... agingdem 17 hrs ago #15

The numbers for 2024 voters vs. all adult citizens are a little depressing. pat_k 18 hrs ago #4

This is what happens when you allow generations of inbreeding in a high arsenic environment Gum Logger 18 hrs ago #5

So, not any of the southern states? Ziggy Beans 18 hrs ago #6

Southern states have black people in them. maxsolomon 17 hrs ago #11

Exactly. OldBaldy1701E 17 hrs ago #12

Few Blacks, Asians or Hispanics BlueWaveNeverEnd 16 hrs ago #23

Yeah, but..... SergeStorms 16 hrs ago #27

Moscow at least used to be a liberal enclave due to the presence of the University of Idaho jmowreader 16 hrs ago #28

It's just not a lot of people in Moscow Idaho, though. maxsolomon 15 hrs ago #32

OMG Ziggy Beans 48 sec ago #41

There are when you narrow from all adult citizens to 2024 voters pat_k 17 hrs ago #13

He's only holding on to North Dakota by 1 point ToxMarz 18 hrs ago #7

I'd have figured Oklahoma Danmel 17 hrs ago #8

Oddly OK has the largest difference between approval among all adult citizens vs 2024 voters. pat_k 17 hrs ago #17

North Dakota? That's not really a state, is it? n/t legallyblondeNYC 17 hrs ago #9

It has more power than it should have... NowsTheTime 17 hrs ago #14

No, those statistics must be made up! legallyblondeNYC 15 hrs ago #33

I was surprised he was only 47% approval in Indiana. Emile 17 hrs ago #10

Knew Illinois wasn't on the list. Munu 16 hrs ago #18

The closer I look at diffs between "all adult citizens" v. "2024 voters"... pat_k 16 hrs ago #19

My wife and I agree with you obamanut2012 16 hrs ago #22

I would have guessed the Gulf of "America". JohnnyRingo 16 hrs ago #20

Very surprised about Utah obamanut2012 16 hrs ago #21

Thankfully not Texas! Heading there soon from NM. Memorial ALBliberal 16 hrs ago #24

Grrrim Katcat 16 hrs ago #25

The numbers Cirsium 16 hrs ago #26

I thought South Dakota Ishoutandscream2 16 hrs ago #29

Yikes! Joinfortmill 16 hrs ago #30

I assumed Mississippi and Alabama would be two of them. DavidDvorkin 15 hrs ago #31

Wow! I thought Mississippi would be in there. Scrivener7 15 hrs ago #34

That was one of my guesses MustLoveBeagles 15 hrs ago #39

I figured Alabama and Mississippi would be there too. COL Mustard 15 hrs ago #35

African American population percentage is high in those states BlueWaveNeverEnd 15 hrs ago #38

West virginia takes doc03 15 hrs ago #36

I guessed Wyoming, Oklahoma, Mississippi and West Virginia MustLoveBeagles 15 hrs ago #37

Time to yank their blue state welfare (I wish) nt GenThePerservering 14 hrs ago #40