29th June 2016, 9:04 PM
Quote: We aren't "one of the most republican states in the union". There are at least 5s of states ahead of us on that list . At least a third of our population routinely vote democrat, and there's still a solid liberal voting block here, which is something, say, Mississippi can't attest to (even typing that state is exhausting), plus there's the gerrymandering that hurts any attempt to make even local change.
I'm sorry, DJ, but 538 has Oklahoma as tied for the second-highest-Trump-win-percent state in their now-launched analysis of this presidential campaign: http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/dona...president/ And didn't Obama get some of his lowest percents there too? I'm sure there is a solid, small base of liberal votes, but "small" is the operative term there, unfortunately.
Quote: Oh! Here's a frustrating thing. As an independent, I was told I had to pick which thing I got to vote for. I could EITHER vote for a local position, OR I could vote for state senator. What? I really do hate "closed party" voting a lot... It really makes it very hard for liberal Oklahomans to make even nominal changes to the politics around here...Why should parties allow people who don't even want to join their party to vote in their internal elections? That doesn't make any sense! I think closed primaries are good.
Quote: Not even local elections really ever bother to run TV ads around here. For example, I had to be reminded to go vote for a state senator yesterday because there's been zero ads for it. I mean, there's been yard signs everywhere, but none of those signs bothered putting a date on them. I'm not saying we have NO political ads of ANY sort. I recall there being a lot of oil company funded ads about passing the pipe line legislation, for example, but that's basically all you see is ads from lobbying campaigns on specific issues, and they're as ridiculous as you might expect.Have you not even had a competitive governor's race?