[Alberta's Child]

In the long run, those numbers are actually a bad sign of things to come in many "red" states. Those 300,000 people who moved from New York to North Carolina in the 1990s brought their political attitudes with them. Adding several hundred thousand former Mario Cuomo supporters to a state's population is eventually going to turn North Carolina into New York South. Try to imagine a NASCAR race in which the winner has to give half his earnings to the guy who finished last.

[DeuceTraveler]

My parents are hard-core Republicans and left New York City because they thought it was too liberal and went to Virginia.

[caltrop]

We have exactly that problem in Florida. The Southeast corner of the state is full of ex-New Yorkers who are trying to do for Florida what they did for New York. One of the state's more popular bumper stickers is "If You Love NY - Take I-95 North"

[Phantom Lord]

In the long run, those numbers are actually a bad sign of things to come in many "red" states. Those 300,000 people who moved from New York to North Carolina in the 1990s brought their political attitudes with them. Adding several hundred thousand former Mario Cuomo supporters to a state's population is eventually going to turn North Carolina into New York South. Try to imagine a NASCAR race in which the winner has to give half his earnings to the guy who finished last.

I have said it in the past and I will say it again. You and others who say this are full of crap. NC has been run by the democrats for 140 years. They have had absolute and total control of this state except for a couple flukes where a republican was elected governor. And when the GOP won control of the state house in 1994 GOP nationwide landslide. And it wasn't until the year 2000 that a republican was elected to the Council of State for the FIRST TIME IN HISTORY!

And us evil NY Yankees have moved to NC the number of registered republicans has exploded in this state and the number of registered dems has been in a continual decline. The GOP has increased its representation in Congress, and once again in the 2002 election won the state house, with a Jim Jeffords turn coat switching parties to make it a 50/50 split.

NYers are moving here in droves, starting businesses, working in high paying, quality jobs, and voting republican.

[JohnnyZ]

Those 300,000 people who moved from New York to North Carolina in the 1990s brought their political attitudes with them.

Any evidence? Any? I take offense to that as a blue-state deserter to NC. Industrious Yankees are saving this place from the yellow dog "conservatives" who vote for liberal Democrats.

[MontanaBeth]

That's the fear here in Montana where a large amount of Californians are flocking to, that they bring their Californian ideas and all the things that ruined there state here. Our motto: The Last Best State. We're all hoping for a nice 60 below winter and 10 feet of snow, that should send them fleeing otherwise Alaska here I come.

[LibertarianLiz]

In the long run, those numbers are actually a bad sign of things to come in many "red" states. Those 300,000 people who moved from New York to North Carolina in the 1990s brought their political attitudes with them.

I read this article to my hubby, and he said the same thing.