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Florida bracing for new influx of residents fleeing blue states — including NY — after Dems’ election success
By Selim Algar
November 9, 2022 6:56pm
The Sunshine State is preparing for a different sort of blue wave.
Continuing years of scorching population growth, Florida is bracing for a fresh batch of disgruntled citizens fed up with spiraling crime and high taxes to move in from Democratic strongholds.
Figures obtained by The Post show that through August, a record 41,885 New Yorkers already swapped their licenses for the Florida version, a commonly used indicator of demographic trends. That figure was 21,277 for California, 16,970 for Pennsylvania and 16,846 for Illinois.
Sunshine State observers said after Tuesday saw Democratic leaders re-elected or voted in — coupled with Gov. Ron DeSantis’s landslide entrenchment — they expect the exodus to Florida will continue.
“People are leaving these states for a lot of different reasons,” said Laura Gambino of Global Real Estate Advisors in Palm Beach.
“Crime, quality of life, taxes. I think with the elections going the way they did, the trend is going to continue.
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https://nypost.com/2022/11/09/florida-bracing-for-new-influx-of-residents-fleeing-blue-states-after-democrats-election-success/
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It's Republicans that are leaving blue states making those states bluer and the red states they are moving to redder. It's NOT going to end well!