“Fact is for the most part, it’s not liberals bailing out of CA, but conservatives.”
But are they conservative compared to where they left or are they conservative compared to where they moved to? There can be a big difference. My father had a belief that, generally, in the northeast, the conservatives would be considered liberals in the deep south, and, generally, there were very, very few in the deep south who would even match the political philosophy of a northeast liberal. I’ve seen nothing to disprove that belief.
To be honest, and the only thing I can base this on, is all those I know who’ve bailed out of CA in the past 20 years, are further to the right than most freepers. Much further. Takes a bit of guts to rip up roots and pick up and move due to political factors etc...So there ya go.