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Basic Economics Leftugees The Great Sorting

There really IS

no contest!

But you know, for those of us in more conservative states, it is VERY scary! Still, pretty much it is conservatives who flee “blue” states and become “Leftugees,” not Leftists who move to become Marxist missionaries.

And we have seen that in the Florida demographics. Florida is solidly “red” now. There is indeed a “Great Sort” that is going on! People are voting with their feet, and voter fraud is simply not a tool Lefties have at their disposal in this contest. They can’t fake it.

One of the most important phenomena in contemporary America is the Great Sort–we are increasingly dividing into red and blue states, in part because of domestic migration. But that migration is basically a one-way street: people are fleeing blue states and moving to red states. Many, but not all, of these migrants are conservatives seeking a more congenial home. And of course there are liberals living in red states, but very few of them are picking up stakes and volunteering for higher taxes and more sluggish economies.

And the data are really quite clear: Leftism don’t work worth crap! THAT is why so many of my “Soft Lefty” friends insist on living in a conservative state! I mean, if Leftism is so awesome, why don’t they move to Portland, Oregon?

I think we ALL know the answer to that question… Everyone is conservative about what they know best! They may talk Lefty, but they will act conservatively…

I think it was Justice Brandeis who referred to the states as laboratories of democracy. Well, we have been carrying out a laboratory experiment in governance, and the results are in. Conservative policies work, and liberal policies don’t.

Conservative states have gained income through Leftugees: Lefty states have lost population and income–ALL to Conservative states. Now Lefties, don’t go a-hatin’ on me–I’m just telling you what the data are!

There is no reason to expect the Great Sort to abate any time soon. On the contrary, as time goes by the superiority of red state governance becomes ever more obvious. And the blue states that chase away their most productive citizens will only face worse and worse fiscal problems that will make it harder for them to compete.

Where does it all end? I don’t know, but one possibility is that the current balance in our national politics, where far-left and center-right forces are almost equal, may before long become obsolete. America may become definitively a center-right country, simply because that is where most people and most resources are located.