Or did they all go there, and find their numbers unequal to he task?
Well...part of the trouble is that they aren't necessarily that friendly to Republicans, either. I doubt they'd vote Kerry, but...they certainly aren't Bush fans, either.
I think that free state project is still in progress - only a small percentage of the people who were planning ultimately to move there have done so.
My siblings have been joking a little about talking all our friends and relations into jumping the border into NH - we're right on the border - since it wouldn't take THAT many to make that into a red state...