Posted on 02/09/2026 10:11:39 PM PST by SeekAndFind
I’ve seen forecasts that Illinois could lose 2 congressional seats after the 2030 census is counted. It lost 1 congressional seat after the 2020 census.
Not mentioned in the article is that the price of energy is significantly lower in red states. Here in SC, our heating and A/C costs are 1/3rd less, maybe more now, than CT from where I fled 12 years ago. I warned them not to close the coal plants.
Critical Mass
Just don’t move red and vote blue.
We have enuff local blue aholes and don’t need more...
If you voted for it, live with it. Don’t come to my State.
If you voted for it, live with it. Don’t come to my State.
Presumably at least red leaners, so the red states get more read and the blue states more blue.
That’s unfortunately not true as a rule. Most of the highest-crime states skew red (E.g., the entire South).
“ Most of the highest-crime states skew red”
What you say is technically correct, but it’s a great example of how statistics lie.
Take Texas for example. Has a high-ish violence rate.
But its crime is limited almost exclusively to deep blue cities and even then deep blue voting districts. Outside of democrat islands, the crime rate is akin to Joan or Switzerland.
Of course, the same general trend of violence being limited to democrat-run areas is also true in blue states, but it’s not as stark as their bad governance lets crime bleed all over a bit more.
In sort, America doesn’t have a gun or violence problem. It has a Democrat run city problem.
I could have told you that EJ Antoni, Ph.D.
Hey Blue State refugees - if you are a Democrat, please leave your politics behind. My concern is they will do what those who left California for Colorado did - Californicated it.
Nope. Sorry. I don’t buy that. Of course there tends to be higher crime in cities, but overall higher crime rates are in red states, whereas your claim would suggest otherwise.
I was hoping they were migrating to red states due to political beliefs, but that doesn’t appear to be the case in this article.
They just want to live cheaper. So, logically, they’re bringing their leftist commie politics with them, and soon will dilute the “red-ness” of the good states, turning them purple or blue.
In 2021-23, a contractor was building a string of new homes across the street from us. As they became occupied, we’d see cars with various states’ license plates. Our neighbor was a sort of Welcome Wagon. If he saw tags from liberal states, he’d take his first opportunity to introduce himself, welcome them to the neighborhood, and menacingly tell them to “Leave your politics behind!”
Fortunately, every one was conservative. They were moving due to the heavy hand of government re Covid in the states where they had lived.
Now that Covid isn’t a big factor, I’m not hopeful that conservatives will be a majority of the newcomers.
The lowest crime states are Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.
It has less to do with politics as it does with the amount of minorities.
These three states are all 90% or more White.
With VT , a very liberal blue state being 95% white.
The only crime in VT is among the Somalis that control the drug trade in Burlington.
The only other crime in Vermont is the now constant theft of skis and snowboards at the resorts.
The answer to why is simple. People do not want to live is states that are ruled by insane Leftists with insane leftist policies. A lot of people still believe in bedrock American principles and Communism is not one of them!
You are right about that, but the situation is still as it is, red to blue. (One could suggest that less concern about crime impacts political views.)
Anything that lessens the lunatic left’s influence in Congress , is a very good thing! It is also why the lunatic Left fights so hard for illegals to stay.
Over 60 years NYS has lost half its House seats.
This has been going on for decades.
The enemedia just noticed?!
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