Posted on 09/24/2008 7:45:32 PM PDT by Lorianne
Colorado is turning purple because of migration.
There have been other, longer explanations for why traditionally Republican Colorado is in play this election. Real Clear Politics has all the numbers. Ryan Lizza in the New Yorker has a good article on the ascendance of Democratic politicians in the state. Christopher Beam does the same fine job of parsing the politics of the state on Slate.
But migration tells a better story.
Colorado hasn't become what Stuart Rothenberg calls the most important state in November because of what politicians have or have not done or because of a new array of issues. Colorado has been trending Democratic because the people who have moved there largely come from Democratic counties in other states.
Colorado has imported Democrats.
Bob Cushing tracked the flow of people in and out of Colorado from 1981 to 2005 using migration data collected by the federal government. Some Colorado counties had a lot of flux in their populations. Others were relatively stable.
(Excerpt) Read more at slate.com ...
They’re all hitting Boulder, too.
Smelly place now...
The 23 Colorado counties least affected by the outside world have grown one percentage point more Republican.
And, yes, as expected, the people moving into the counties growing most Democratic come from counties that voted blue in presidential elections. The county outside of Colorado that sent the most people to the state over the last generation was deeply Democratic: Los Angeles.
When people move, they sort by political preference. It’s happening all over the country. The new people moving into Northern Virginia are turning that area Democratic. Meanwhile, the county clerk in Crook County in rural central Oregon said that eight out of 10 people who registered with a party there since 1995 have been Republican.
Every four years there’s a presidential election. But Americans vote with their feet every day.
Interesting choice of words. My guess would also be that there's also an "importation" from Mexico as well???
I guess the Virginia slide to Dems is due to ever more liberal bloodsuckers flocking to DC. And the Colorado shift is due to nuts coming in from Cali.
My aunt said Montana is changing too with all the Californians moving up there.
“Colorado Is Importing Democrats”
A few are not only democrats and voters - they are citizens too.
Bumper stickers seen in the mountains west of Denver, Colorado:
At least the Texans went home after ski season.
Don’t Californicate Colorado. (Whoops, too late!)
Liberals never learn, never.
Liberalism is a mental disorder and Democrats are just plain nuts.
Voter fraud?
Step 1. Vote for Democrats
Step 2. Tire of the poor economy, high jobless rate, and poor social environment.
Step 3. Move to a place with a low cost of living, plentiful jobs, and a great place to raise a family.
Step 4. Vote for Democrats
Step 5. *sigh* Tire of the poor economy, high jobless rate, and poor social environment.
So True. Dems vote in the idiots who ruin the place they used to live, so they have moved here to vote in more idiots to ruin life here.
I heard today that Rasmussen has McCain at 60% favorability in CO. If so, we are sitting well.
Popular bumper sticker on Virginia’s Eastern Shore “IF THEY CALL IT TOURIST SEASON, WHY CAN’T WE SHOOT THEM?”.
Ugh... why can’t liberal human waste just contain itself to the states that it has already ruined.
And I remember when I was a kid, we used to be mad because of all the Texans who moved here. Man, I wish they would start coming up again.
It’s happening everywhere: North Carolina (Charlotte), Raleigh,
Virigina-Richmond and NO VA,
Co-Denver, Boulder, and Yes even Co Springs,
and even in my own neighborhood of small western Columbus, Indiana!
Liberals are like blood sucking zombies.
There’s been plenty of Kalifornia scum moving here. But the primary reason we are turning demonrat is that we are being overwhelmed with illegals. All of us who aren’t illegals are getting REALLY PISSED!
WRONG!
Voter count in El Paso County, home to Colorado Springs, from the 2008 Colorado Caucus shows, 48.8% Republican, 28.7% unaffiliated and 22.1% Democrat. That is a significant increase for the GOP and a significant decrease for the Democrats from prior years. Unaffiliated voters or Independents, are holding steady.
El Paso County remains one of the most conservative counties in the country.
I agree, I miss the Texans.
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