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The Trump administration’s aggressive cost-cutting efforts are hitting red states hard.

Cuts to Medicaid, NIH research funding, and foreign aid programs disproportionately impact rural areas and pro-Trump regions reliant on these resources.

GOP lawmakers, including Senators Katie Britt and Bill Cassidy, have voiced concerns over funding losses that could hurt jobs and healthcare access.

Meanwhile, Trump’s appointment of vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as HHS Secretary signals a shift in health policy, potentially exacerbating public health risks in conservative-leaning communities.

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[–] Blooper@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah but also a significant number of them might die off due to preventable illness and poverty, so the scales might have a chance to tip back in the other direction.

[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 year ago

Every generation wonders when the old one will die off and we can get what we want.

And then they become the problem. There are a lot of reasons for that but they don't really matter. Because if you actually look at current polling: genx is basically the only generation that still likes trump.

The other thing to understand is that red counties stay red. Because anyone who manages to get out to go to college or even sell their bodies to the military? Yeah, they tend to realize that what they grew up with is stupid. And then they don't come back (or they do because they liked the racism). And, because of gerrymandering, they don't even need significantly large populations to dominate the state.

Because, contrary to what the tech bros fleeing California claim, people don't move to red states because of the cheap property and turn them purple. They move because they actually agree with those politics. Even if it is just "I don't want to pay property taxes". The states that HAVE shifted purple have been a heavy push to empower the lower income demographics (aka "black people").