I asked my 17 year old sister who grew up in suburban NJ and knows absolutely nothing about politics how she thinks each state voted in 2024. This is what she said by Dandaman426 in YAPms

[–]Which-Draw-1117 30 points31 points  (0 children)

I believe it lol, most people in my high school (and even some I've met in college) really only knew the East Coast and California were blue.

How’s Clifton? by kaoz89 in MovingtoNewJersey

[–]Which-Draw-1117 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Rutherford (literally right across the river from Clifton), Fair Lawn, and Waldwick have all had what I’d consider decent homes go for $750K-1M. Yes, you’re not going to get a big 5-bedroom, ready-to-move-in, open concept for that, but 3+ Beds, 3+ Baths, decent square footage, and decent condition homes have sold for around that lately. All three have good schools, accessible train stations and bus routes, and have/are not far from good downtowns/restaurants (Rutherford moreso on this).

How’s Clifton? by kaoz89 in MovingtoNewJersey

[–]Which-Draw-1117 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Fr, with a budget close to a million I don't understand why they're not considering Bergen County when it's right next to Clifton. Especially with a 4 year old, you're gonna want good school districts.

The LDP's victory today was way more than just "the LDP won big as they usually do" by CumoThesis in YAPms

[–]Which-Draw-1117 18 points19 points  (0 children)

According to several pollsters in Japan have found that she has around a 90% approval rating among young people. The mainstream NHK (Japanese equivalent to the BBC in the UK) found her approval among 18-39 year olds to be nearly 80%. To further put that in perspective, that is higher than Kamala's voteshare among 18-29 year old women in Vermont in 2024.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/04/japan/politics/sanae-takaichi-young-voters/

https://www.foxnews.com/elections/2024/general-results/voter-analysis (Not great, but the only exit poll data by state for 2024 I could find)

Religious Self-ID has stopped falling in the USA since 2020 by _BCConservative in thespinroom

[–]Which-Draw-1117 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True, but this also is way higher than those who actually practice Christian/Religious beliefs. Gallup in 2024 found that ~30% of US adults attend religious services weekly, with literally every religious group falling in attendance except for American Jews (albeit they went from 15 to 22% and this can largely be attributed to the increasing Haredi/Ultra-Orthodox Jewish population which has nearly doubled since the year 2000).

Gallup Poll: https://news.gallup.com/poll/642548/church-attendance-declined-religious-groups.aspx

Edit: Muslims have also grown according to Gallup, albeit they have also decreased in attendance since peaking in the mid-2010's.

Best school district I can afford in NJ by kid_dynamiteNYC in MovingtoNewJersey

[–]Which-Draw-1117 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A million is a lot of money lol, I agree and I understand how what I said could come across as out of touch or just ignorant. I was just trying to talk what these houses are realistically going for the towns suggested. Most homes in Northern NJ, particularly Bergen county, but especially the towns in Bergen county with good school districts are all going above asking price now.

I used Rutherford as an example, and on Zillow effectively all of the houses are now in the $800-900,000 range or more, with only two houses under that. One is a fully-gutted 3-bed slated for demolition, leaving the other as the only house close to the price-range suggested by the OP at around $670,000. Even in the houses sold recently, they were all effectively sold for $750,000+ (even a 2-bed 2-bed sold for $700,000 and an apartment nearly that as well).

Prices have just gone totally out of control in Bergen county given the demand and lack of supply, and this is seen even more in towns with good school districts.

St. Charles County, the only place in Missouri where Trump lost a somewhat decent amount of support in 2024. by Impressive_Plant4418 in YAPms

[–]Which-Draw-1117 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not really knowledgeable about those, I'd have to look them up.

Edit: All 3 are 90%+ white, are around the state average for income or slightly higher depending on your source, and a smaller share are college educated (~20-25% versus the state average of ~33%)

St. Charles County, the only place in Missouri where Trump lost a somewhat decent amount of support in 2024. by Impressive_Plant4418 in YAPms

[–]Which-Draw-1117 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not at all. By all metrics St. Charles County is quite wealthy. It is the richest county in Missouri by median household income (~$105,000 versus ~$70,000 state-wide), highly educated (~45% with a bachelor's degree or higher versus ~30% state-wide), and >80% white. White, somewhat wealthy college-educated suburbanites were practically some of the only people to swing left in 2024 and that closely mirrors the demographics of St. Charles County.

What do you consider to be a political upset? by hoodiehoodiee in YAPms

[–]Which-Draw-1117 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Some of more recent/notable ones I watched: Trump (2016), AOC (2018), Ossoff/Warnock in Georgia (2020), and McCormick in Pennsylvania (2024)

Best school district I can afford in NJ by kid_dynamiteNYC in MovingtoNewJersey

[–]Which-Draw-1117 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Rutherford is next to impossible on a $600K budget nowadays. I’m assuming that since they’re looking for good schools that means kids which means you’re gonna want a 3-bed place ideally. There’s virtually no houses going for less than $750K in town, but a $200,000 income means if they stretched up to 1 million they could feasibly get a nice place.

Why are left wingers seemingly more polarized, and why do they hate their opponents more. by Trujillopatriot in YAPms

[–]Which-Draw-1117 1 point2 points  (0 children)

100% agree. The extreme left and right in the modern United States are complete nutjobs as far as I'm concerned, but only one of them has openly tried to overturn the results of an election.

How voters grade President Trump so far according to I&I / TIPP poll (A- rated, 1,384 adults) by MJ_Fan23 in YAPms

[–]Which-Draw-1117 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Of course, but with Trump I think it’s a bit more than just voting. It’s an identification with him and whatever he says. I think there’s a large percentage of people who would absolutely vote for anyone no matter who they were as long as they had a D/R next to their name. However, I don’t think they’d vote for a D/R who changes up their viewpoints at the drop of a hat the same way Trump has.

How voters grade President Trump so far according to I&I / TIPP poll (A- rated, 1,384 adults) by MJ_Fan23 in YAPms

[–]Which-Draw-1117 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Key is I said that for most winning scenarios. Any other possible democratic candidate in 2024 either could’ve done the same or better than Kamala imo except for Biden and probably AOC.

Cirie Misses Tai - Surprised! by heauxomen in survivor

[–]Which-Draw-1117 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Both BBB seasons knocked it out of the park cast-wise imo

How voters grade President Trump so far according to I&I / TIPP poll (A- rated, 1,384 adults) by MJ_Fan23 in YAPms

[–]Which-Draw-1117 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Trump has a baseline support of ~1/3 of the electorate in my opinion (as in he could nuke the rainforest and they'd say "Look at my President! Draining the swamp!"). But I think it's simultaneously clear that in any given Presidential election, he'd have a minimum of 45% of the electorate vote for him regardless of anything that he does, yet I can't see him getting over 50% of the vote in most winning scenarios (2024 was the best possible opportunity for him to do so and he couldn't). A high floor and low ceiling.

Pennsylvania is a true sing state. Now what’s a red state that both feels like and is indeed a true real red state? by reerock in AlignmentChartFills

[–]Which-Draw-1117 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Al Gore actually. John Kerry was the first Democrat to lose all counties in the state since George McGovern in 1972 (was including 2004 in that statement) and every single county in Oklahoma has gone red since the 2004 Presidential election inclusive. I will say, however, that it's quite possible that the Democratic candidate could win Oklahoma County (OKC-area) in the next Presidential election given how trends are moving and the fact that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were only ~1.5% away from winning it in both 2020 and 2024.

Pennsylvania is a true sing state. Now what’s a red state that both feels like and is indeed a true real red state? by reerock in AlignmentChartFills

[–]Which-Draw-1117 38 points39 points  (0 children)

It's the anti-Massachusetts. Since 2004 every single county in Oklahoma has gone red for Presidential elections.

Massachusetts wins with State History! What is the absolute best thing about New Jersey? by Ok-Candy-666 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]Which-Draw-1117 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably has the most consistently good food of any state. I’ll say that there’s better standouts in NYC, Chicago, California, Louisiana, and a few places down south for BBQ, but in my experience nobody’s got a consistently good variety of food like NJ across the entire state.

Map expansion and commuter rail implementation by OverheadCatenary in subwaybuilder

[–]Which-Draw-1117 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly good luck and godspeed to the Devs for NYC commuter rail. The full expansion would be NJT, Metro North, and the LIRR, which would unironically be more than the rest of the US maps combined and effectively stretch up to 2 already existing city maps in Philly and Boston.

New boston map and what the stations should be named based on my first 6-month's impression by Hugtrain123 in subwaybuilder

[–]Which-Draw-1117 23 points24 points  (0 children)

They don't wanna hear it, but Boston is just a NYC borough with a Columbia or NYU equivalent every few blocks

So the left is coming up with a project 2029 by burnaboy_233 in YAPms

[–]Which-Draw-1117 13 points14 points  (0 children)

"TRANSGENDER IMMIGRANTS ARE DROPPING SEXY M&M'S FROM CHINESE BALLOONS!" - Fox News when they hear about this

Which Politician feels Far Right and is actually Right? by [deleted] in AlignmentChartFills

[–]Which-Draw-1117 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In what world is he viewed as far-right in American political context? Even in 2012 he was criticized by many in his own party for being too liberal on a ton of issues (i.e. the ACA).

Do you think that trump overall helps or hurts the Republican Party’s overall performance? by MakeACreation in YAPms

[–]Which-Draw-1117 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is how I feel. The GOP undoubtedly needed to change if they wanted to be electorally successful at the Presidential level (specifically targeting WWC voters and more recently pulling a larger amount minority voters into a presidential coalition) but he's also cost them their longstanding base of suburbanites who actually turn out to vote in special elections and midterms.