MT Poll: (R) Gianforte, (D) Busse, or (L) Leib.

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I'll have to add 2024 at some point.


Montana's purple is looking more pink.

 

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Montana's purple is looking more pink.

Posts such as this makes me think of our distinguished gent of past time.


As I've shared countless times, i am no fan of solid red nor blue. National and State, our pendulum has taken a red swing for the fence!
There is a reason this occurred. Voters voted this direction. Democrats must stop blaming other factors and look at what they have to share that engages voters.
Carlin is over simplifying for the good citizen piss n vinegar humor side with a taste of reality. He's great! Haha!

Dem leadership needs to revisit their movement forward... IMO, nationally, they've stepped too far on open borders, etc. State, speaking for my thoughts in MT, this is NOT an overnight sudden change. This has been growing for some time and there are Strategists on the Dem side that need to find new jobs because they sure as chit are failing.

Fasten seat belts.

 

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Dem leadership needs to revisit their movement forward... IMO, nationally, they've stepped too far on open borders, etc. State, speaking for my thoughts in MT, this is NOT an overnight sudden change. This has been growing for some time and there are Strategists on the Dem side that need to find new jobs because they sure as chit are failing.

I agree with you in a sense, and it's especially true of the 2019 Democratic primary where the 2024 candidate did what turned out to be fatal damage to her future as they all scrambled to distinguish themselves as the most progressive. However, I think the impact of issues like the border and culture war stuff have to be viewed through an economic lens. If the average voter felt like the economic system and government were working for them, they wouldn't be motivated by policies that are friendly to immigrants, LGBTQ, minorities, etc. But when the average voter feels left behind by the economic system and the government, they feel like those policies are being pursued instead of helping the average voter. And they vote accordingly. In 4 years, if the average voter still feels abandoned by the government and economic system and feels like the administration is focused on personal grievance and deporting people instead of their pocket-book issues, we may well see a similar wave back the other direction (nationally) and on and on we go.

 

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Wouldn’t say extreme it almost seems like both have shifted far left where republicans align more with old school dems.

With a libertarian influence.

 

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In 4 years, if the average voter still feels abandoned by the government and economic system and feels like the administration is focused on personal grievance and deporting people instead of their pocket-book issues, we may well see a similar wave back the other direction (nationally) and on and on we go.

Given the demand for big-game tags and the number of campers and ATVs buzzing around during my hunts, I find it hard to understand the "system not working for me" argument. I think Americans just like to complain, be it about inflation or Gaza or Ukraine or the border. But I'm ready to see what happens, and suspect it will happen fast. Debt ceiling limits get reinstated on Jan 1 and the Government will run out of money by mid February without some amazing budgetary gymnastics by Yellen, and why would she when she it out of a job on Jan 20. Let's get it started America. Maybe we start the year by shutting down the government? I think that is the goal of many anyway.

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Given the demand for big-game tags and the number of campers and ATVs buzzing around during my hunts, I find it hard to understand the "system not working for me" argument.

Awfully bold of you to assume any level of financial literacy applies to most people. Record levels of consumer debt does not a healthy economy make.