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Those Abandoning Blue States Should Abandon Democrats, Too: The Blue State Exodus is in full swing. But will voters' habits change?
American Thinker ^ | 02/10/2023 | Trevor Thomas

Posted on 02/10/2023 7:08:06 AM PST by SeekAndFind

A recent New York Post article declared that, in a "staggering exodus," in 2022, more residents of New York moved to Florida "than any other year in history."  The article reveals,

A staggering 64,577 Empire Staters exchanged their driver's licenses for the Sunshine State version last year, according to figures from the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.

"They come in every day," a staffer at a Jacksonville DMV office told The Post this week with a weary laugh. "I hear all the complaints. I feel like a therapist sometimes."

The transfer of a driver's license from one state to another is considered a reliable metric for relocation, since such a decision suggests the move is a lasting one.  The 2022 exodus from New York to Florida is a 39% increase from 2019 — the last pre-pandemic year — and an astounding 46% increase from 2017.  New York is far from alone in the exodus that is plaguing America's blue states.

CBS News also recently reported on "the states Americans are moving to — and the states they are ditching."  According to the article,

[t]he states that attracted the most new residents in 2022 are Florida, Texas, North Carolina and South Carolina, followed by other states in the South and West…

Florida was the biggest net gainer last year, with about 319,000 people migrating into the state, the NAR analysis found. California lost the most residents, with 343,000 leaving the state for other regions.

The map below, using data from the National Association of Realtors, shows the "net migration by population change" for each of the 50 U.S. states.  As indicated on the scale at the top of the map, blue indicates a net increase, while red indicates a net decrease.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bluestates; exodus; redstates; voting
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To: SeekAndFind
"They come in every day," a staffer at a Jacksonville DMV office told The Post this week with a weary laugh. "I hear all the complaints. I feel like a therapist sometimes.

Sounds like folks totally fed up with high crime, high 'crazy' and insane taxes... They don't sound like democrats to me.

41 posted on 02/10/2023 10:20:19 AM PST by GOPJ ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muw22wTePqQ Gumballs: Immigrants by the numbers.)
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To: tinamina

I’d have had some sharp words over that.


42 posted on 02/10/2023 10:21:39 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Taxman

Ping


43 posted on 02/10/2023 10:22:36 AM PST by Taxman (SAVE AMERICA! VOTE REPUBLICAN IN 2023 AND 2024!)
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To: SeekAndFind
"Those Abandoning Blue States Should ...."

They're assuming that they're abandoning blue states. You're underestimating your enemy if you don't also consider they might be being sent (which could be happening without their knowledge) to spread their Marxist disease.

44 posted on 02/10/2023 10:34:20 AM PST by Paal Gulli
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To: SeekAndFind

locusts.

Eat up their homeland then fly away in mass to the next to be devoured.


45 posted on 02/10/2023 11:07:31 AM PST by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: ridesthemiles

Saying “Nevada ... Except for Las Vegas” is like saying, “Other that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the theater?”


46 posted on 02/10/2023 11:09:33 AM PST by dangus
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To: SeekAndFind

Gosh . . . I certainly wonder why CBS chose to color states LOSING population as RED and those GAINING population as BLUE. Must be an innocent explanation.


47 posted on 02/10/2023 11:12:06 AM PST by Charlemagne on the Fox
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To: jmaroneps37

Your numbers are why I immediately threw the BS flag when FL gained only one congressional seat after the 2020 census.

From top to bottom, within every agency, our national government is one great lie.


48 posted on 02/10/2023 3:54:27 PM PST by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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