Geographically speaking, much of New York State is a slice of Americana. The problem is that the power and voting block is in the NYC metro area as well as the lower Hudson Valley Region.
Maine has a similar problem. In my younger days,Maine was a rather solid conservative state. Over time many people from NY,NJ,Massachusetts and the like moved into the 1st Congressional district. That is southern Maine and the sea coast. They have the population thus sway the rest of the state.
I'm going to do some serious soul searching in the near future. Maine isn't what it used to be.
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Of all things, NY is proposing to ban all BB guns
- WB, 2026-04-14, 11:22
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- I thought about the next rainy day at work - WB, 2026-04-15, 19:14
- It is NYS and NYC politics. What do you expect? - John W, 2026-04-15, 03:28
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Confess, do you still own a BB gun? Not pellet, BB?
- WB, 2026-04-14, 12:19
- Absolutely! (nm) - JPL, 2026-04-15, 18:50
- Yes (nm) - IC, 2026-04-14, 19:04
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I do! (nm)
- Jim Taylor, 2026-04-14, 16:07
- My uncle shot his pointer finger in the second joint - WB, 2026-04-14, 19:00