I'd wager that over half of the citizens of Arizona are formerly from California. Arizona is being overrun by people leaving California and relocating all over our state. Politically, what's happening to Arizona is the same thing that has already happened to Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico. These are all formerly red states that have turned either purple or hard blue. Add to this the demographic impacts of open borders on the migration of illegal aliens (that has been allowed to happen for DECADES by both Dems and RINOs), and you have the perfect storm of a Demon-rated infestation.
We've seen the thing happen recently in Virginia. Large numbers of liberals migrating into northern VA coupled with massive influx of illegal aliens.
Arizona and Virginia are textbook cases of what the Democratic Party wants to do to the entire country.
I would ask you to please stop bashing Arizonans as politically lazy or idiots. The real problem is that the previously conservative majority of long time Arizona residents is simply being overwhelmed and their power at the ballot box diluted by ex-Californians (+) illegals.
You know what? NV, NM, Colorado, and also Idaho. I think you have a point...
Why is it that crummy places like California and New York seems to have an inexhaustible supply of people who are able to swarm, overwhelm, and completely change formerly conservative states?
Im very afraid Texas is next.
Same thing is happening in NC. So many liberals from New York and other northeastern hell holes come here to retire. They spend their time going back and forth between their winter homes in Florida and their summer homes here in the mountains that they are called halfbacks. It is turning our red state purple and the Charlotte/Raleigh/Asheville trifecta will make it hard for Tillis to retain his seat. Trump only won by 3 percentage points in 2016 so it will be a close race. If he can win this year hopefully Tillis can ride his coattails and hold on to his seat.
I'd have to disagree with you that this is a recent thing. In the 1970s a former Vietnam POW was running against the despicable Morris Udall and the local GOP wouldn't back him. Udall won by about 10,000 votes. His closest election.