this isn't a dunk on libs or anything but an inquiry of genuine concern for the better portion amongst that camp

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5782165&forum_id=2/#49318613)

Life Expectancy

• Blue (liberal-leaning) states generally have longer average life expectancy than red states.

Example: Hawaii, California, Massachusetts, and New York rank among the highest, while Mississippi, Alabama, and West Virginia are among the lowest.

• This is partly explained by differences in healthcare access, income, education, smoking/obesity rates, and public health policies.

⸻

Education

• People who identify as liberal are, on average, more likely to hold college and postgraduate degrees than conservatives.

• Counties and states that lean Democratic tend to have higher educational attainment levels overall.

⸻

Healthcare

• Liberal areas are more likely to have Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, higher rates of insurance coverage, and greater access to hospitals and doctors.

• Conservative states that refused Medicaid expansion have higher uninsured rates and worse health outcomes.

⸻

Divorce Rates & Marriage Stability

• Divorce rates are higher in many conservative states, particularly in the South.

• Liberal, urban areas generally have lower divorce rates and people tend to marry later, which is associated with more stable marriages.

⸻

Crime & Living Conditions

• Liberal areas include both very safe places (e.g., wealthy suburbs around Boston, San Francisco, Seattle) and some high-crime cities.

• Conservative rural areas often have lower violent-crime rates, but also lower incomes, fewer services, and worse health.

• On balance, wealthier liberal metros are considered “nicer places to live” by measures of amenities, cultural offerings, infrastructure, and public services.

⸻

Big Picture

• Liberals (on average): more educated, live longer, lower divorce rates, better healthcare access, more likely to live in economically prosperous metros.

• Conservatives (on average): more religious, marry earlier, more likely to live in rural/small-town settings with lower cost of living but worse health and education outcomes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5782165&forum_id=2/#49318675)

but for reasons stated above i won't be making that argument myself. fuck trump

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5782165&forum_id=2/#49318688)

a lot of deep blue new england is as close as it gets to those old norman rockwell visual hagiographies that cons like to post

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5782165&forum_id=2/#49318636)

there are ways to go about it but those ways are a couple of standard deviations above what "the squad" is capable of putting out

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5782165&forum_id=2/#49318812)

the silent majority of both parties is pretty normal and votes down surface level economic lines. the media blows the prevalence of radicalism out of the water by cherry picking for sensationalism's sakes. it's a business and eyes are the currency

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5782165&forum_id=2/#49318809)