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Americans are migrating to more free Republican states

Faster horses

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Americans Are Migrating To More Free Republican States

By JOHN MERLINE, INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY

Americans are migrating from less-free liberal states to more-free conservative states, where they are doing better economically, according to a new study published Thursday by George Mason University's Mercatus Center.

The "Freedom in the 50 States" study measured economic and personal freedom using a wide range of criteria, including tax rates, government spending and debt, regulatory burdens, and state laws covering land use, union organizing, gun control, education choice and more.

It found that the freest states tended to be conservative "red" states, while the least free were liberal "blue" states.

The freest state overall, the researchers concluded, was North Dakota, followed by South Dakota, Tennessee, New Hampshire and Oklahoma. The least free state by far was New York, followed by California, New Jersey, Hawaii and Rhode Island.

The study also compared its measures of economic and personal freedom to population shifts and income growth, and found that freer states tend to do better on both scores than those less free.

For example, it found a strong correlation between a state's freedom ranking and migration, which means that Americans are gravitating toward states that have less-intrusive governments.

Escape From New York, L.A.

New York, for example, saw a net migration of -9.2% between 2000 and 2011, and California's was -4.2%. In contrast, Tennessee gained 4.4%, and Oklahoma gained 1.3%.

An IBD analysis of the data found that "red" states — those voting for Republican presidential candidates in the past two elections — saw an overall net migration of 2.2%, while "blue" states saw an overall average net migration of -0.3%.

"People are voting for places with greater freedom," said William Ruger, a political scientist at Texas State University and one of the co-authors of the study. That was true, he said, even after controlling for things like weather and amenities that might attract people to states independent of these freedom measures.

The study also found that states with more freedom tended to see stronger income growth. This was particularly true in states with more regulatory freedom.

"Adam Smith was right," Ruger said. "If you have economic freedom, you will have economic growth."

IBD has previously reported that red states saw stronger job growth, lower unemployment and bigger gains in per capita income than blue states during the economic recovery. For example, IBD found that in the first three years of the recovery, red states saw 1.9% job growth compared with 1.2% for blue states.


Read More At Investor's Business Daily: http://news.investors.com/032813-649561-americans-leaving-blue-calif-ny-for-freer-red-states.aspx
 

Triangle Bar

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That is what happened in Colorado particularly over the last 10 to 15 years. There was good job growth and business opportunity due to low state taxes. The state's beauty and outdoor activities have also attracted people to move here to live. Unfortunately, this influx of people from California, Chicago, New York, etc. has brought their liberal disease with them.

These folks escaped these he!! holes to have more personal and economic freedom, but when they came here they still voted for the same Dem. balderdash they voted for in the blue states they came from.
 

Larrry

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People are always attracted towards more freedom whether it is people from less free states or less free countries
Where the problem lies is they aren't being honest with themselves of why they move. Then they try to make over their new home to the heII hole they escaped
 

Steve

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the sad part is they leave the city, but keep the liberal attitude..

our county was one of the few conservative counties in the state.. and now it is turning liberal..

they come down praise how wonderful life is and in the same breath complain how they think people down here are backwards..

stupid liberals should have been quarantined.. :p
 

Steve

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Triangle Bar said:
That is what happened in Colorado particularly over the last 10 to 15 years. There was good job growth and business opportunity due to low state taxes. The state's beauty and outdoor activities have also attracted people to move here to live. Unfortunately, this influx of people from California, Chicago, New York, etc. has brought their liberal disease with them.

These folks escaped these he!! holes to have more personal and economic freedom, but when they came here they still voted for the same Dem. balderdash they voted for in the blue states they came from.

it is sad,.. I would have never thought Colorado could be so liberal,.. but Like New York State the cities control the vote,.. and do not care about real compromise..
 

Traveler

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It looks like the most-free of the states will be where the weather is severe enough and the spaces wide open so that most libs would have trouble surviving. Other then that, they're pretty much on course to f... up everything.
 
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