<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Seattle, WA, so solid blue in a solid blue city and county. <br><br><div dir="ltr"><div style="line-height: normal;"><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 20px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Regards,</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 20px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 20px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Dan</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 20px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> Sample my Kindle books at:</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">http://author.to/DanUst</span></p></div></div></div><div><div style="line-height: normal;"></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 29, 2020, at 11:30 AM, SR Ballard via extropy-chat <extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>As a fun, informal poll, I’d like to ask the following questions:</span><br><span></span><br><span>Is your state a swing-state, or is it considered a “grab” for a party?</span><br><span></span><br><span>Is your county or city politically aligned with your state, or does it face the “opposite” way?</span><br><span></span><br><span>In political elections, Does you vote actually influence anything on a state level? County? City? Or are you caught voting very hard against the tide?</span><br><span></span><br><span>For myself:</span><br><span>I live in Texas, solidly Red. I live in San Antonio, generally Blue. My vote matters for local offices but not anything past the County, and maybe not even then.</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>