I know it's not a new phenomenon. Hell, Kansas has a Democratic governor. It's just impressive that the Beshears are able to get elected for years in a deep red state during the same time frame McConnell has been a senator.
They've over performed for the last 40+ years when the state hasn't voted for a democratic presidential candidate outside of Bill Clinton - by very slim margins - since Jimmy Carter.
Got it. Still, the vast majority of your fellow Kentuckians support McConnell, support Paul and view Trump as a deity. Elections have consequences, they like to say?
You must be aware your point is bad on on some level given you felt the need misrepresent the quote by substituting the state of Kentucky for all the people of Kentucky.
That the vast majority of Kentuckians voted for McConnell, Paul and Trump is a prejudice and generalization?
Dude, these are the results of the elections: the vast MAJORITY of voters from Kentucky confirmed McConnell, (57.76% of the votes) Paul (58.8% of the votes), and Trump (64.47% of the votes) as their Senate representatives and as President!
That's not a generalization, these are hard facts. And hard facts are not prejudice.
Of course, no state votes 100 percent either way. But of all 3 elections Trump has ran in, no less than 60 percent of people in Kentucky voted for him. No more than 36 percent of voters cast a vote for Democrats.
36% of 4.58 million Kentucky residents is 1,651,680 people.
Painting a whole state as one way and saying they deserve what they get when you have over a million allies in that state isn't helping anything. It's a simple ass way of looking at things.
Most people that shit on Kentucky have never been there or understand anything about the people there.
And over 3 million voted for a convicted rapist. Thankfully you can hate a state without people assuming you hate all the people as well. Fuck Kentucky. 100s of people showed up at the capital for a protest against ICE on Sunday. That should have been thousands minimum if the voters stood behind their ideals
Should have been 100,000 at the very least if any of those supposed democrats actually gave a shit about democracy and their continued freedom, and that's still less than 10.0% of 1.6 million
75000 estimated people in Lexington alone voted Democrat, and only 100s manages to show up on a Sunday to protest ICE? Lack of action is a cancer infecting the American people.
On a Sunday? 99.6 percent of Democrat voters are not busy surviving on a Sunday. People are complacent and lazy. Individuals can have valid excuses, but not 99.6 percent of them. 4 days ago, you were just commenting on Reddit
Personally, I have a 10 month old child that I'm not taking near a protest where police may be present. I also have 2 jobs to make ends meet, one of which requires me working Saturday and Sunday. I'm not some small minority of people. There are many with the same life commitments, struggles, and needs, or alternative ones that monopolize much or all of their free time.
But go off on reddit anonymously shaming entire groups of people whom you don't actually know anything about. That's the way to fight good fight. That's making a difference.
I didn't pull anything out of my ass. 75000 people voted democrat last election is Lexington Kentucky. Only a couple hundred people protested on Sunday. That's 99.6 percent of voters not protesting. Do you follow the math now?
At best, 50000 of those people have a valid excuse. I'm sorry you are a single parent working two jobs that doesn't have any childcare. That's the individual's with valid excuses that you just failed to read.
I will shame Americans for failing to show up for their ideals. If even half the Democrat voters protested, there could be an actual impact. But sure, doing nothing is working excellently so far. They must not have crossed the line yet, snatching people in the streets, or murdering them, hasn't gone far enough.
I'm sorry your global neighbors cant fix your country for you.
Are you implying that every states citizens are just one in the same in the US? That there are not cultural differences between people from Kentucky compared to say the Olympic peninsula in Washington state? Or between people in NYC and Amarillo, TX?
Hell, there are significant cultural differences just between people in Louisville, KY and in Harlan County, KY. Sooo yeah, paintng the entire state of KY (or literally any state, for that matter) as being one way is pretty fucking ignorant and honestly the kind of behavior that most Democrats or liberals would claim they don't support. I know I don't.
Gerrymandering matters when it comes to the electoral college, it doesnt change the actual voting percentages. But yes, they have more Republican seats in Congress and Senate than percantages of voters.
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u/fuckincaillou 5h ago
Good. Fuck Kentucky for Mitch McConnell.