So, here is the electorate map for the state of North Carolina.

[OldBaldy1701E]

I have circled the general area where I am from. You will notice that this area is blue. It has always been that way (to my knowledge). This is a very rural and 'salt of the earth' part of the state. (It is also one of the oldest).

I am proud of this fact, but it still worries me that the rest of the state won't see the forest for the trees. I know we have some real 'winners' ( ) in my home state. They need to be put in their place.

Right now, the state is really struggling with its identity. I am hoping it will realize that its people are more important than the green god that has taken over this country. I know that this will never happen as things stand, but I still hold that hope.

(Probably the only 'hope' I have left. )

[stollen]

1. Question

I'm in the state above you.

I read blog after blog during Hurricane Helene from those caught in the mayhem. They were bashing FEMA. "We don't need no damn govt help." Or, "The govt helps immigrants but not Americans!!"

Biden and FEMA had requested that Congress provide more funding to disaster relief to prepare for this season, but Johnson sent Congress home and wouldn't reconvene members even after FL got hit again.

Now that we know Trump is defunding FEMA and the NWS/NOAA, and he's turning a deaf ear to red state requests for aid, where does that leave NC politically? Do North Carolinians expect AK, KY and MO to tough it out like they think--in their small minds-- NC did?

And if it's each state for itself, how does that affect property values in areas like Asheville or any other disaster prone area, knowing that federal aid is not coming?

My family personally gave a few $thousand$ in aid that was trucked south after Helene. If those folks down there continue to vote red, then I'm willing to oblige the "every state for itself" adage the next time disaster strikes. Sonetimes you get what you whine about.

[justaprogressive]

2. From my observations as an outsider

it appears the state government is subverting the actual will of its people...

[OldBaldy1701E]

3. Yep, it does. (n/t)

[Nimble_Idea]

4. hopium is in plentiful supply

as you watch smart people leave the country. some check out. some bad mouth their own party and like-minded folks.
and the number one of them all, no loyalty.

people are about subtraction in a zero sum political structure.

good luck.

[Jspur]

5. As a North Carolina that lives in a strong blue county in

Wake County I have to say I have no hope for North Carolina. We are a stupid bipolar state that doesn't know which way to go politically which is evident by the ticket splitting in voting for a Democratic governor but voting for Trump for president. The worst part about the 2024 election is that it showed to me that North Carolina had regressed politically because Trump got 50.86 percent of the vote which gave him the majority of the vote unlike the 2 other times, he won North Carolina by getting a plurality around 49 percent. That shows North Carlina has become a redder state. Obama winning here in '08 was a fluke. 2028 will mark 20 years since a Democratic presidential candidate won the state of NC.

[OldBaldy1701E]

6. Yes, we can be very stupid.

But, we have also had some great people and events there as well. So, I see it as more an 'ebb and flow' situation. We are having to deal with a major 'ebb' right now.

It is just a shame that a state that was once a leader in science and technology would decide to be willfully ignorant when the time is ripe for leaders to step up for the nation.

I guess it is not going to be a Tar Heel, eh?