Posted on 11/05/2014 8:19:02 PM PST by SeekAndFind
NOTE: THIS ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE NOV. 4, 2014 MIDTERM ELECTIONS....
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If you do not currently live in a red state, you probably will soon. Either you will (1) flee your blue state to a red one, or (2) you and your fellow blue-state citizens will get so fed up with the high taxes and fiscal irresponsibility that you will vote out the blue-state politicians and replace them with red-staters.
U.S. Census data confirms that voters are leaving blue states for red ones. The top 10 destinations are North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, North Dakota and Washington. Only one is a deep blue state, Washington.
The states people are fleeing: Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Kansas, New Mexico and California. Of those the only red state is Kansas.
As for the second point, just consider how many states have started making that shift to red-state politiciansor will start on Nov. 4.
Theres only 13 or 14 deep blue states: California, Oregon, Washington, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Maryland, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Mexico and Hawaii. New Jersey and New Mexico both have very popular Republican governors. It looks like Massachusetts will elect a Republican governor, and its possible in Hawaii.
And the fed-up citizens of the worst fiscally run state in the country, Illinoisthe presidents home state and the one that has most embraced his governing philosophymay also wake up Nov. 5 with Republican governor.
Blue-leaning Michigan and Wisconsin elected Republican governors in 2010, and they may be back for round two. Maine and Pennsylvania are more questionable.
And its not just individuals, business owners are also considering their options. The Tax Foundation recently released its 2015 State Business Tax Climate Index. It found the 10 best states are Wyoming, South Dakota, Nevada, Alaska, Florida, Montana, New Hampshire, Indiana, Utah and Texas. All of them except New Hampshire are red or red leaning. Eight of the 10 have Republican governors.
The 10 worst states are Iowa, Connecticut, Wisconsin, Ohio, Rhode Island, Vermont, Minnesota, California, New York and New Jersey. Eight are blue or blue leaning, Ohio and Iowa are purple, and six of the 10 are run by Democrats.
Are you detecting a pattern?
Now, turning a blue or purple state red doesnt necessarily mean electing Republicans, though thats the usual pattern. Im referring more to a governing philosophy. Democrats who call for lower taxes and smaller governmentand then actually govern that wayare essentially embracing the red-state philosophy.
There is one problem, however. As the New York Times recently pointed out, some Americans fleeing their blue states for a red one havent abandoned their blue-state philosophy, and so they vote for politicians who espouse the very policies that drove them from their last state.
I have long thought that the reason Virginia has turned from red to purple is that liberal Marylanders fed up with that state moved to northern Virginia for the better tax and business climateand then still vote blue.
Voters around the country are concluding its better to be red than deadapplying a whole new, and much better, meaning to an old phrase. That pattern will continue on Nov. 4.
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Merrill Matthews is a resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation, a research-based, public policy think tank in Dallas, Texas
I submit Wisconsin is in fact red. R gov and attorney general, 5 of 8 congressmen R. 1 D, 1 R us senator. State assembly of 99, 68 are R, State Senator 19 of 33 are R
This continues to be our biggest problems Democrats want to enjoy our economic and political freedom while at the same time voting it away just like they did their own state.
we need to point this out to them and their employers.
maybe people can leave their liberal professions in liberal states and just move everything else. Let liberal news broadcasters pick up the full tab for the state government they voted for. Otherwise Maybe we can just avoid hiring liberal employees...
Pennsylvania is a lost cause with two major cities that are solidly Democratic, Pittsburgh and Philly. Tom Wolf won the governor’s seat with at least a year of nauseating non-stop attack ads against Republican Governor Corbett and the fracking industry. Whenever the Dems get in, our taxes go up. All the Dem political ads promote class envy and unfortunately, they work.
“The Clintons have been strangely silent about the Democrat disaster.”
They have been through it before. (grin)
Many “Californians” are not Californians at all. They migrated here from somewhere else after they destroyed where they were.
Yet they refuse to put to the front curve just like garbage before you move their way of thinking. They forgot old saying “when in Rome, do as the Romans do.”
Yet IL just elected a new GOP Governor.
They will soon end showing themselves to be a bit too “old”.
....Or just put their way of liberal thinking to the curve.
County taxes there were 1/2 of state taxes. The place we moved to has no county income tax.
Property taxes on our dinky townhouse were $1800; here our 5 bedroom 3 bath 2 car garage and 3/4 of acre are $1300.
After we left, property taxes and electric rates skyrocketed in Maryland.
Instead of our children singing no Christmas Carols and lots of Kwanza songs. Now they can sing Jingle bells.
Best move we ever made! We were shocked to hear they just elected a Republican Governor. We will have to call our old friends to see how this happened!
Which state did you move to? Sounds like a great place to live.
I am in the outlier....Pennsylvania.
We turned decidedly blue by electing a Democrat Governor on his promises to fund our schools with magic beans.
re: We turned decidedly blue by electing a Democrat Governor on his promises to fund our schools with magic beans.
great comment!
“Many Californians are not Californians at all. They migrated here from somewhere else after they destroyed where they were.”
CA is where America disposes its human debris.
California needs to be broken up- there are way too many electoral college votes for one state
The conservatives start with a stacked deck
Make the central big cities their own state, and all the conservative areas another
In 2016, Hillary will be only one year younger than that really old, old guy who ran in 1980, who was 69 when he ran for office.
The left made the biggest deal about how old Ronald Reagan was - do you think the left will say anything about Hillary being 68?
She may be planning her major skin rejuvenation project as we speak.
Although IL (my state) elected a republican governor, he’s more liberal than many Democrats. He’s pro-choice. He wants to increase a sales tax rate and the minimum wage. He supports the law that allows illegal aliens to get driver’s licenses. He’s a friend of Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
Well those who wrecked this state will be moving to a place near you...
“Well those who wrecked this state will be moving to a place near you...”
The destroyers seem to be staying in CA, and the producers who are leaving CA for NV and TX are helping these states become more productive and Republican.
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