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naguszek t1_ix7n4sr wrote

Reply to comment by LemonyOrchid in Democrat Chris Poulos Won His Connecticut House Race by a Single Vote by poliscijunki

It definitely does! My wife and I just moved to Southington and we knew it was pretty red, so it’s exciting to feel our vote really mattered in flipping the district the other way.

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5Dprairiedog t1_ix7yumg wrote

I feel this. I moved from a large reliably blue town to a small town that is basically split down the middle last year. This was my first time voting in this new district and I felt like my vote really mattered.

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DicmoVolant t1_ix8e24d wrote

Same. Moved from Vermont to New Milford. This town has Republican mayor (who’s alright frankly), our state rep is Republican, and Hayes had a pretty tight race for reelection. This town is split about 60/40 Republicans to Democrats, but lots of liberal folks are moving here and a lot of the kids that grew up here have moved back (or never left) and they are mostly voting Dem. Things are changing and we’re definitely a part of it.

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Payment-Main t1_ix7u43y wrote

Great. Just move in and change to what you left behind. I’m sure the locals appreciate it.

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MikeNotBrick t1_ix7y0i3 wrote

If you're saying towns should just stay under the status quo, then what's even the point of the election?

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enigma7x t1_ix870uv wrote

Hate to break it to you buddy but since they live there now, they're locals too.

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naguszek t1_ix8duav wrote

Wow someone has a chip on the shoulder, we moved due to a change of jobs, so now we’re ‘local’…should we just vote as others have done before to keep things ‘local’, it doesn’t make sense.

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0cclumency t1_ix86bly wrote

Apparently about half of them do in fact appreciate it!

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