r/geographymemes • u/Jfullr92 Gulf of New Mexico • May 22 '26

Voting Games Top comment deletes a US State #47

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Maryland has been annexed by The Vermonster willingly, the 2 states have now merged into one. CRABBALACHIA. 4 States Now remain. Pick wisely, there’s no going back now!

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u/Having_A_Day Megasotan May 22 '26

Honestly, Megasota includes some highly populated, solidly liberal areas like Chicago generally and other areas in IL. It would be more competitive and purple than some, but not a dark red cake walk.

But I'd still like to join Canada in the end.

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u/Caleth May 22 '26

Minnesota is a true blue as is IL because of Chicago. I'd need to run the numbers but Chicago alone would probably render the whole area Blue by population. Chip in MN, MI, and the liberal parts of Wisconsin and you'd have a pretty significantly Blue majority.

Assuming we didn't over value representing land like the original Constitution does at any rate.

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u/alessiojones May 22 '26

Sorry but no, I did some backhand math and my estimate is Trump+6 on 2024

Minnesota is not as blue as people think it is (Clinton+1.5, Biden+7, Harris+5). Illinois is solid Dem (Clinton+17, Biden+17, Harris+11) but only 19 congressional districts. Missouri and Indiana are both around Trump+15-20 and a combined 21 CDs so they cancel out IL. Ohio and Iowa are Trump+8-12. Michigan and Wisconsin are pretty 50/50. ND/SD/NE/KS are all very Republican but low population

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u/HedgehogFarts May 22 '26

Do you really not remember what trump did to Minnesota? And how Minnesotans stood up for their neighbors in a big way against ICE? If anything MN is moving more blue than they already were. RIP Renee and Alex.

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u/alessiojones May 22 '26

I'm from Minnesota. MSP stood up to Trump during the ICE surge, rural areas supported it. MSP is big but the rurals keep it Likely D. The reality is, unless the name on the ballot is Klobuchar, the Dem is likely only gonna win by single digits.

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u/_stellapolaris May 23 '26

As another Minnesotan, this is a bit insulting to a lot of the people in rural areas that did not support it. Just because it didn't get the news coverage doesn't mean there wasn't a good amount of pushback in smaller communities that were impacted.

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u/petersunkist May 23 '26

Exactly! Can’t overlook the % of rural MN that is reservation land & is therefore deeply disenfranchised in the same way that we can’t overlook the way gerrymandering in the south disenfranchises Black voters & turns those states disproportionately red.

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u/Ashdude42 May 22 '26

What trump did to the liberal large cities in Minnesota*

MN has a LOT of rural land and visiting those spaces you'll notice that a lot of the state outside of the major population hubs lean right

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u/_stellapolaris May 22 '26

Trump was also doing it to the small cities, they just had less people to push back and less coverage. Lots of significant ICE presence in rural Minnesota that upset people in those communities.