Is Massachusetts not that liberal/progressive?

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Mass. may not be nearly as liberal as it is said to be, and there are some culturally conservative Dems, but it is still quite liberal by American standards. Even the most conservative counties in Mass. are still less culturally conservative than most of America. For example, the current MA-3 is relatively culturally conservative and still elects liberal Jim McGovern. Perhaps northern white working-class Catholics prioritize other things above social conservativism.

BTW, has anyone seen polls/results by county for gay marriage/marijuana in Mass.?

I get the impression of Mass. being pretty culturally conservative, still.  It seems like despite their support for 'liberal' policies, they're still very "cut your hair, hippie."

These so called "liberals" are the same ones that wouldn't want to talk with BRTD if they were sharing a room in an apartment?

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It has a lot of culturally conservative Democrats who can be swung by an astute Republican- the GOP gubernatorial dynasty and now Scott Brown. Overall, more Democratic than liberal.

The GOP governors seem to have more of a white collar base rather then the Scott Brown base. Seems similar to New York senator Al D'amato base back in the 1980's-1990's.

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How would getting white working class voters for the MAGOP the most promising for them? Social issues such as abortion and gay marriage are supported by most citizens in the state and yet this would hurt the social conservative positions by the GOP. You can't play moral politics in a state like Massachusetts. Massachusetts was   the lone state that voted for  George McGovern in 1972. I'm guessing the way you could get these voters is fear mongering about black people, illegals, college grads, and Hollywood.

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A little more subtle than that, but sort of, yeah.

Cellucci won Berkshire County? Yeah, I really don't see that sort of thing happening again.

I'm guessing were going to see more of those WASP Republicans to start voting more Democratic and blue collar Catholics more Republican.