“I know this is anecdotal but I’ve had a number of family members and close friends depart California for Texas - and a few for Arizona. All hard-core Republicans. All vote religiously.”
What we often see is the following when Californians leave California:
1. Liberals and even camo/closet liberals move to Oregone or the State of Washington.
2. Conservatives move to Texas, and now many are going to Floriduh! They often rent homes on the Cali N. or S. Oregone coastal areas for summer and early fall to escape the summer heat in their new southern home areas.
3. The really super rich elite liberals move to the out of state ski resort areas to be with other super rich elites, aka Elite Democrat escapees. The states with these resorts: Idaho, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, and Montana are often new home areas for these liberal former California Snow Birds.
Texas and Florida are where the huddled masses go if they’re yearning to breath free. Oregon and Washington are where they go if they’re still insane, because they believe all that stuff about Texas being cross-burners’ paradise.