What misconceptions do people have about the state/district you live in?

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

The number one political misconception that people have about Massachusetts is, of course, that it's a progressive fantasyland because it's heavily Democratic. The truth is that the state does tend to produce quite progressive federal officeholders, but its statewide politics are still run by small-c conservative, clientelist, often shockingly unideological Democrats who are so overwhelmingly dominant in the General Court that most of the ideological diversity that exists in the state's legislature exists within its Democratic caucuses. In that respect Massachusetts is similar to Hawaii, which also has an exaggerated pinko reputation on the basis of the kinds of federal officeholders it tends to produce.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

That our state is filled with crazy people. Where do you think half of these Florida Man stories come from? I bet 50% of people in Florida Man stories are originally from Staten Island or Queens.

There's an actual reason for this reputation--Florida state law gives the public, and therefore media sources, more access to certain kinds of police records than in other states, so more Florida Man stories make the news.