The Great Divorce: 3.7 Million Have Fled Counties That Voted For Biden

[Valin]

Issues & Insights

I & I Editorial Board
March 25, 2024

If you want to know what the country thinks about President Joe Biden’s agenda, look at how they vote. Not at the ballot box. But with their feet.

Earlier this month, the Census Bureau released data on “net domestic migration.” This tracks where people are moving between counties in the country. Last year, the 10 counties that gained the most through net migration had one thing in common – they were conservative counties that voted for Donald Trump in 2020.

At the other end of the spectrum, all 10 counties that saw the biggest negative net migration also have one thing in common – they all voted for Biden in 2020. That includes two blue counties located in red states – Miami-Dade County, Florida, (where Biden beat Trump 53%-46%), and Dallas County, Texas, (where Biden got 65% of the vote).

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Or is it simply a case of people moving to where jobs and opportunities are more plentiful? If that’s the case, do these people realize why liberal areas are so much worse than conservative ones?

Will all those people fleeing liberal enclaves bring their voting habits with them, turning solidly conservative counties increasingly blue? (As we’ve seen happen in many places.)

What is clear from this data is that the mass migration underway today presents a huge opportunity for conservatives, if they can figure out how to seize it.

[Geee]

The Great Divorce: 3.7 Million Have Fled Counties That Voted For Biden