SomeCalcium t1_ivpjweq wrote on November 9, 2022 at 5:55 PM

Reply to comment by GraniteGeekNH in dear WMUR by Garfish16

You know, one of my predictions was that NH actually shifted ever so slightly bluer through the pandemic and I might be right here. It's like the opposite of Florida where retires flooded the states en masse, NH gained a small bit of blue work from home voters from greater Boston.

This is unusual since a lot of immigration into the state are red voters from Mass seeking to move to NH as a tax haven. It's one of the reasons why Salem and Derry are such red strongholds relative to swingy cities like Manchester.

I'm fairly convinced that once Sununu retires that the GOP in NH is just going to implode entirely.

superzipzop t1_ivpww68 wrote on November 9, 2022 at 7:19 PM

Yup, that's me! No need to pay Boston housing prices if I don't need to head to the office, and now for the same price I get a nice backyard and trees. People I tell keep assuming I moved because of taxes but that's kind of just a cherry on top

JustGimmeSomeTruth t1_ivppsqf wrote on November 9, 2022 at 6:33 PM

I think you're right, and I think many people having to utilize the social safety net to get through the pandemic too might have bad something to do with it. I could see that having softened some of the more bootstrappy attitudes out there. And, we've been sending an all blue Congressional delegation to DC for a while now. I think Poo-poo Canoe-nu is probably a bit of an aberration/anachronism at this point, and getting by only on name recognition or whatever.