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New Census data reveals a mass exodus from Democrat-controlled states, with residents moving to Republican-controlled states. This trend is attributed to economic factors, including job growth and lower cost of living, favoring red states.
and failure to deliver jobs and public safety took revenge on the blue party by turning to Trump. New data from the U.S. Census Bureau show that many people vote not just on Election Day but vote with their feet each and every day by moving out of Democrat-controlled blue states to Republican-controlled red states.Out last week, 22 states on net lost more residents due to domestic migration than gained new residents from other states.
The top five population losers were all Democrat controlled, including the biggest loser, California, followed by New York, Illinois, New Jersey, and Massachusetts. The biggest winners of domestic migration, by contrast, were all red states, including Texas, followed by North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, and Tennessee. National Association of Realtors data earlier this year showing the biggest job gains were in Republican states such as Texas, South Carolina, and Tennessee, while the weakest job growth was mostly in Democrat-run states, again led by anemic California. The failure of the Democratic Party’s model of government cannot be plausibly denied. California’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst Office was forced to last month that the state’s “economy has been in an extended slowdown for the better part of two years, characterized by a soft labor market and weak consumer spending.” The report went on to note that “outside of government and health care, the state has added no jobs in a year and a half.” California’s inability to create private sector jobs is not surprising considering the state’s preoccupation with climate change and faddish equity efforts over economic growth. California has the nation’s most stringent regulations on fossil fuel production and its use. As a result, it has the nation’s highest gasoline and electricity prices. Expensive electricity makes profitable manufacturing almost impossible, and high gas prices drive up the cost of everything else because distribution requires transportation by truc
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