Blue-staters flee blue-state policies...and then vote for them again

[mystery-ak]

January 29, 2021
Blue-staters flee blue-state policies...and then vote for them again
By Noel S. Williams

Several data sources show the exodus of residents from blue states to traditionally red states.  The recent U-Haul ranking of states by migration growth is one of the most compelling; after all, that's where the rubber meets the road.  U-Haul migration trends show that Tennessee had the largest net gain of U-Haul trucks crossing its borders in 2020.  Rounding out the top ten are Texas, Florida, Ohio, Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina and Georgia.  California is no longer golden, as it ranks dead last; folks are also commissioning their U-Hauls to escape other deep blue states like New York and Illinois.

The migration pattern is obvious:  discontented people are fleeing putrid progressivism with onerous regulations, oppressive zoning, police defunding, and culture-canceling compulsions for more tolerant and welcoming states.  States with less taxes and a business-friendly environment like Tennessee and, at least until recently, Georgia are U-Haul magnets.

Many of these out-of-state transplants are more progressive than the nice natives.  So why are they doing the same thing, at least politically, but expecting a different result?  It's all further proof that liberalism is a mental disease.  Why are they turning nice, wholesome red states purple, if not blue?  It takes a lot of effort to move; in fact, it's one of life's biggest stressors.  You'd think people who pack up their U-Hauls and haul...drive fast, that is...to escape liberal lunacy would be somewhat chastened rather than continuing to vote for Dems spouting the same soul-destroying socialist schemes.

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[Hoodat]

Tell me about it.  I live in Georgia.  My neighborhood is now infested with imports from California, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, etc.  All with virtue-signaling BLM signs in their yards, although only a small percentage of those had Biden signs as well.

[Fishrrman]

"My neighborhood is now infested with imports from California, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, etc.  All with virtue-signaling BLM signs in their yards, although only a small percentage of those had Biden signs as well."

What's the demographic makeup of your general area?
Those "BLM signs" may be for [the perception of] self-protection as much as anything else.

[Hoodat]

Those "BLM signs" may be for [the perception of] self-protection as much as anything else.

The "We Support [local] Police" signs outnumber them.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

My wife and I are refugees from MA, but we brought red-state politics with us. We voted straight ticket R, as we did in MA as well. At least we flipped the state legislature here in NH.

[The_Reader_David]

Unfortunately, stupidity is almost incurable.