If you are interested in a telling set of statistics, one that seems to define where people do and don’t want to be, try this on for size:
From an article by Justin Boggs of Channel 2 news Oklahoma (a state which, as you will see, is understandably happy with the informational content):
Based on data from U-Haul involving 2.5 million moves, South Carolina topped the list of states people relocated to across state lines in 2024, knocking Texas off the top spot. Texas had topped U-Haul’s list for three consecutive years prior to 2024.
South Carolina and Texas were followed by North Carolina, Florida and Tennessee. Indiana, which was ranked No. 27 in 2023, jumped to No. 8. Oklahoma jumped 30 spots from No. 41 to No. 11. Colorado had the largest drop, falling from No. 9 in 2023 to No. 40 in 2024.
California topped the list of states with the most net departures, followed by Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. It was the fifth year in a row California had the most net departures in the U.S.
Notice anything about those states? Like, for example, that every one of the most relocating-to states is a red state, and – with the exception of Pennsylvania which is about dead even – every one of the most relocating-from states is a blue state?
Does that tell you something? You decide.
Does it tell the two political parties something? I would think so. And I would think – or, at least – hope, it tells Democrats that they just may have lurched too far from the center.
We’ll see if a) the learning has taken place and b) if it results in any rethinking. For the sake of the Democrat Party – and the country, since we need two strong, functioning parties – I certainly hope so.
