Red States Rising (And Blue States Falling)

[redrumloa]

What do Stockton, Calif., and Detroit, Mich., tell us about the future of American politics? These two cities, which have both petitioned for bankruptcy, are grim illustrations of how big-government policies are dooming part of the nation. And they are living proof of the policies Republicans should not embrace.

Red states are rising. But blue states, shackled withexorbitant union demands and pension obligations, high taxes and anti-fossil-fuel policies, are sinking.Americans are fleeing these Democratic bastions, uprooting their families and resettling in areas with economic opportunity.

Uh-oh..

Folks are voting with their feet to live in areas that are low-tax, pro-business and allow job-producing fossil-fuel production.The Census shows that from 2000 to 2010,Americans fled Democratic-controlled East Coast, West Coast and Great Lakes states.

The population shift continues, and the biggest population losers are New York, California and Illinois.The eight states where the most Americans are choosing to relocate are Florida, Texas, Arizona, North Carolina, Georgia, Nevada, South Carolina and Tennessee. All have GOP governors.

 

[faethor]

They have GOP gov for now... As the population shifts that'll be less likely of an outcome.

 

[FluffyMcDeath]

Uh-oh..

Uh-oh is right. If the blue states collapse then there won't be anybody left who can pay the taxes to cover the subsidies to the red sates.

 

[robert l. bentham]

looks like an exodus to the land of welfare recipients... maybe blue states should show some more of that red state selfishness...

 

[faethor]

An interesting related article was on the radio this morning. There's a 'center point' in the USA which is defined by that place in the nation where the population balances out. (Sorry I forgot what the 'center point' name was). Early in our history it was calculated in Baltimore. As we've expanded westward the point has moved westward across the USA. Today, that point is about 150 miles south of St.Louis.

The interesting piece comes in related to the 'exodus' from the north. It was sometime in the 1920s when the point moved southernly. From what they can best figure it was the time when air conditioning was invented. People want to be comfortable and appear to like using AC more so then heating furnaces. So for nearly 100 years the trend has been more people moving to the South than the North. Though, as we all know, the wealth is still mainly in the North. Though like all things that will change (as well the politics as I mentioned earlier.)

The plus the South has going is old white people tend to vote more. But, while the USA is rapidly aging we're also seeing whites moving from their majority status to becoming the largest of the minorities. The political wins are going to be how Dems focus the youth to get out and vote while the Republicans focus on how to capture the old racial minority populations.