Democrats are fleeing the hellholes they and their policy created…
…but bringing the politics that caused the problem with them:
According to the latest United Van Lines year-end list, the top five states people are leaving is made up mostly of liberal, Democrat infested states. Of the top five worst states, only the last, Kansas, has a GOP dominated government. The other four Illinois (a state that usually tops nearly every metric that marks a failed state), New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut are all hopelessly Democrat.
Another liberal state that is losing citizens faster than it is gaining replacements is the failed state of California. A recent Mises Institute report showed that California, New York, and Illinois were losing more citizens to other U.S. states far faster than the rest of the country.
Indeed, a recent report by San Francisco’s CBS affiliate noted that people are leaving the Bay area in droves because no one who isn’t a billionaire can afford to live there due to high taxes and exorbitant property costs.
On the other hand, another study showed that the top five states Americans are moving into were nearly all Republican states. with Idaho, Washington State, Nevada, Tennessee, and Alaska topping the list — Washington being the only Democrat-dominated state on that list.
It’s nothing new; it’s how Vermont, Colorado, and Edina Minnesota all went from solid conservative holdouts to Democrat cesspools.
I do love Glenn Reynold’s idea:
GOP donors need to set up a sort of “weclome wagon” to target blue state emigrants and epxlain why the Red States they’re moving to are better than the places they left”
I’d worry that the MNGOP has some trouble with new arrivals – but I don’t think we’re one of the states that’s gaining.
Maybe all you folks in CD3?
It happens. Just ask long-time Coloradans, Oregonians, Washingtonians, Arizonans, Nevadans, and the like. The last time I was in Colorado, I was stunned how much it had become like LA, and quite frankly, it took a lot of the charm out of the place, too.
While Instapundit’s idea has merit, I think it assumes that those moving to red states have, in general, a firm grip on reality and merely need a reminder. I think barricades and entry requirements would probably be more generally appropriate.
Should be moving to Mendota Heights/South St. Paul/Inver Grove Heights area this summer. Leaving Maryland.
My brother in law (good guy, real American) visited us 2 weeks ago from New York. I asked him if he’d mind parking his car in my shed while he was here…he got it right away and laughed.