Here’s some help with a couple of misperceptions.
1. Most of the Coloradans I’ve met were environmentalists, animal worshipers, drug abusers, etc., paid either directly by government or by government-connected services. Most of them tried to give an initial impression or said outright that they were old fashioned and conservative.
2. Many of those moving in from elsewhere are from the northeastern states.
I suspect, from what we read about politics and other matters, that the same has happened in at least most of the rest of our country.
It’s an infection. A cancer. A pox on America.