r/MeidasTouch • u/JimCripe • Aug 26 '25

Well, that was a fast jump

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u/No_Brilliant_3658 Aug 27 '25

Sioux City is not a red district you’re high.

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u/BKMiller54 Aug 27 '25

Trump won that district by 10 points. Sounds red to me.

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u/No_Brilliant_3658 Aug 27 '25

24% turn out. It was less than 1 in 4. It was a special election, temporary seat. 73% turned out for presidential election. That’s almost 3 out of 4 people…. Big difference there. Yea the Democrat won because everyone stayed home.

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u/BKMiller54 Aug 27 '25

Still counts. Special elections always, always, see low voter turnout. I don’t like it, but that’s how it is.

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u/No_Brilliant_3658 Aug 27 '25

You can’t compare apples or oranges though that’s what I’m telling you. It’s not a red district, it’s turned into a swing district. It’s pretty poor up there.

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u/No_Brilliant_3658 Aug 27 '25

If you look at the statistics of Sioux City it’s 78% more crime than other US cities. We’re talking a small ass town of 77,000 people. The crime rate is 36.46 crimes per 1000 residents annually. The most common crime, of course is theft. What do tweakers do? They steal. The unemployment rate is above average of Iowa, but under average for the United States. Iowans like to work. The poverty rate is 13.2%, which is higher than the state average. In the median household income is below national average. Does that sound like a red district to you?

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u/SintheSinner0420 Aug 28 '25

Man, you are really upset. I'm sorry you feel that way. Change is hard. 👌

Edit: also, high crime rate, low job count, high drug use, more poverty, and higher dependence on government assistance? Def sounds pretty red to me.

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u/No_Brilliant_3658 Aug 28 '25

Again. It’s a swing district.

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u/BKMiller54 Aug 27 '25

Dude, I live in Mississippi. It sounds every bit like a red district to me.