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PatrickB's avatar

The internal migration thing is likely the reverse, because of who is leaving and the specific donor/recipient states and locations. On the who, internal migrants tend to be people who value a lower cost of living in red states over the cultural amenities of blue states. As for the where, prime destinations Texas and Florida can absorb more democrats without turning blue. So, NY and California keep losing electoral votes and the red states keep gaining. Also, to extent that internal migrants are democrats, they tend to move to cities. Because they’re packed together in already blue state legislative districts, they have little effect on the partisan balance for the state government.

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Sei's avatar

People who move out of California are the most right-wing Californians. Texas transplants are *more* right-wing than native Texans. Overall internal migration is terrible for Democrats.

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