Congressional Democrats have pushed for ethics reform legislation, efforts publicly rejected by Samuel Alito

  • @Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world
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    31 year ago

    Every state has conservative pockets. McCarthy is from California, one of the bluest states in the country. But NYC as a whole is overwhelmingly blue.

    • @dhork@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Not you’re conflating two issues. All large states tend to have rural areas which are mostly conservative, and California is no exception. I looked McCarthy 's district up and it’s in the southern part of the Central Valley, it looks like it includes some of Fresno’s suburbs but not Fresno itself (which is repped by a Democrat). NY State is no different: go north of the Tappan Zee and you have large swaths of Republican country with a few dots of cities that are Democratic thrown in.

      But NYC definitely has Conservatives. They may not be as conservative as the South, but they exist. Recall that NYC elected Giuliani as Mayor, before he went off the rails. NYC also elected Mike Bloomberg, but in fairness he would be a Democrat anywhere else.