I’ve spent a lot of time in New Mexico (primarily White Sands and surrounding bases).
There is a clear political divide between Eastern/rural NM and basically Sante Fe.
It’s unlike anything I’ve seen in any other American state.
:: It’s unlike anything I’ve seen in any other American state. ::
Dude, really? Spend a day in Grand Rapids and a day in Lansing.
You’ll wonder not just how they share Michigan but marvel at the fact they are only an hour apart.
before california was overrun by mexicans —it was similiar to new mexico in that santa fe is like coastal california and inland california is like eastern rural NM. Its no coincidence that a lot of people from coastal california have homes in Santa Fe. (We can throw in Taos for good measure.)
Raised in SE NM where the Permian Basin (oil) provides a robust economy. NM’s population is concentrated in the north (Albuquerque & Santa Fe); so, its politics are determined by the big city commies and the state capital overlords.
The whole Midwest is like that for the most part. I’m in MO and we have St Louis/KC and then we have the rest of us.
Apparently you have not witnessed Western SD and Western ND light years removed from the Eastern parts of both states politically. Nebraska might even be included in the same scenario, but I am less sure of that one.
It is pretty much that way in every state, big cities always morph into a loony left wing paradise. Seattle, San Francisco, Portland.......
“It’s unlike anything I’ve seen in any other American state.”
Every American state has the same situation. Texas, for god’s sake, is full of libs who are making policy right under Patriot noses.
Pennsylvania, where I live, is a stark reality of this. The libs are heavily involved in politics and the right is heavily involved in working to support libs and take care of their families. Philly is just the worst. Simply the worst America has to offer. Which is a shame considering it’s where America started.