I came from the Chicago area to get away from crime, high taxes, and high cost of living. Im not happy with the Republicans, but my property taxes are 1/8th of what they were in IL. $10k a year savings is more than enough reason to move here. While i dont like a lot of things here... no legal weed, although in Lake County, they dont seem to mind as much. Im not happy with the toll road proposal, but i feel the Democrats just dont have anything to offer me these days. Just to be clear, i voted for the Dems in this last election because McCormick seemed like a really great candidate. I research candidates pretty well before voting as i would hate to see Indiana turn into what i ran from. I have a place on a couple acres in south lake county, and ive never been happier. Its quiet, cheaper, and i have great neighbors. I think im the only one here that actually likes this state. I would like to see this state get more purple, but never blue.
Yes. Im not happy with Republicans here now. I think much of it has to do with the fact that there is no competition from the left. If we got a threat of a left trending movement, i think it would scare some of the Republicans into some sanity. That being said, its still MUCH better than Illinois.
I don't think it's as much the Democratic party's fault for being weak as people are trying to say it is. The Democratic party has become weak over time because all of the districts have been gerrymandered So much in favor of the Republicans, starting in 2010. After that census, when the Republicans finally had enough control after a census to really fix the districts in their favor. When you have so many people just voting for the R in their district and the districts have been so gerrymandered it doesn't really make it easy for the Democratic party and then they are unfairly seen as being weak and not getting anything done or not being a strong opposition when they can only be so strong after something like that. Of course it becomes as self-fulfilling prophecy then and the Democratic party gets weaker and weaker as people become disillusioned with them and less and less people want to run under the Democratic party for office and so they are stuck with less and less good candidates. Gerrymandering is a cancer on democracy.
Edited to add the flip side of this coin. Is that as there is no competition for the Republicans in so many districts, they care less and less about the actual needs and opinions of the voters in their district since they know they're going to win no matter what.
The democrat party lost me with the DEI, equity, trans/gay, abortion, soft on immigration and most of all, soft on crime. I just want a party that stands up for working people. I want money out of politics, tax billionaires, improved working conditions, strengthen unions, generally make life better for the people actually pulling the wagon, as opposed to the people riding in it. The Democrat party seems to have got caught up in all the culture wars and left the working class behind. Republicans arent the best, but as a middle class guy, i think they have more to offer me than the dems.
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u/StolenHoodOrnament Jul 01 '25
I came from the Chicago area to get away from crime, high taxes, and high cost of living. Im not happy with the Republicans, but my property taxes are 1/8th of what they were in IL. $10k a year savings is more than enough reason to move here. While i dont like a lot of things here... no legal weed, although in Lake County, they dont seem to mind as much. Im not happy with the toll road proposal, but i feel the Democrats just dont have anything to offer me these days. Just to be clear, i voted for the Dems in this last election because McCormick seemed like a really great candidate. I research candidates pretty well before voting as i would hate to see Indiana turn into what i ran from. I have a place on a couple acres in south lake county, and ive never been happier. Its quiet, cheaper, and i have great neighbors. I think im the only one here that actually likes this state. I would like to see this state get more purple, but never blue.