Thursday, April 13, 2023

Millions Have Voted For Trump Since 2020 — With Their Feet

But not every city in America is suffering these maladies. And the ones that are getting hit worst are all controlled by Democrats. They are the ones who pushed draconian lockdowns, needlessly shuttered their schools, forced people to wear masks (even outdoors), required vaccine passports, let crime run rampant, punished their residents with high taxes, and suffocated businesses with onerous regulations. Cities that haven’t followed this script aren’t seeing their people flee in droves.

Millions Have Voted For Trump Since 2020 — With Their Feet – Issues & Insights (issuesinsights.com)  "Over the past two years, vast numbers of Americans picked up and moved. In a mobile society like ours, that’s not news. What is news is where they are moving from, and where they are going to.

"Turns out, there’s a mass exodus underway, with people leaving Biden strongholds and heading to MAGA country.

"New Census data show that, from 2021 to 2022, more than 2 million people moved out of urban areas that are largely controlled by Democrats and relocated to exurbs and more rural areas that largely voted for Donald Trump.

"Los Angeles County, for example, had a net ex-migration of more than 363,000 over the past two years. Cook County, Illinois, lost 200,000. In New York, New York County lost 109,000, Queens County, 158,000, and Kings County, 187,000. Philadelphia County sank 52,000.

"In Texas, a state where Trump beat Joe Biden 52%-46%, the two counties that saw the largest ex-migration – Dallas and Harris – both went heavily for Biden. Combined they had a net loss of 130,000 people.

"The two biggest gainers in Texas – Collin and Denton counties – went for Trump. They had a net gain of 120,000. Another big gainer – Montgomery County – voted 71% for Trump.

"Salt Lake County, Utah, (which went for Biden 58%-39% in a state Trump carried 58%-38%), lost 20,000 people.". . .

"The counties in Virginia that saw the biggest outflow of people are all ones that went heavily for Biden.". . .

Still not convinced? Take a look at these two maps in the gallery below. One, produced by the Census Department, shows net migration from 2021 to 2022. The other (click on the arrow) shows the 2020 election results by county. Notice how, across the country, the places losing population almost all voted for Biden, and the ones gaining are almost all Trump counties.

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