Green states are losing congressional seats as the population flees to red states
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In his famous 20th century novel “The Sun Also Rises,” Ernest Hemingway’s character, Mike Campbell, is asked by a friend how his financial collapse came about. Campbell answered the question simply, “Two ways. Slowly and suddenly.”
Just looking at today’s headlines and one can see this very idea of ”slow and suddenly” playing out in the financial health of many green states. California, the poster child for a state headed down the road to fiscal destruction, is expected to lose four congressional seats in the 2030 census due to population loss.
In addition, major companies such as Wells Fargo and Quantum, with others to follow, are moving their headquarters to the Golden State of Florida. In fact, Miami was recently dubbed by one national company as “the new Silicon Valley.”
Two of the largest immigration states in the country? Illinois and New York. Ken Griffin, the billionaire who runs the largest hedge fund in America, Citadel Hedge Fund, left Chicago in 2022 and moved his headquarters to Florida. Meanwhile, Illinois and New York are both slated to lose between two and four congressional seats in 2030 due to population loss.
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Blue state residents are fleeing places like California for red states. (Fox Stories)
So, what’s going on here? In short, people and companies have had it with blue state taxes, wild spending, restrictive regulations and restrictive environmental policies that stifle innovation and entrepreneurship. They moved to red states like Florida and Texas that called for big money, markets, free exchanges and opportunity. Florida and Texas, fortunately, are expected to gain four congressional seats in 2030.
By any measure — GDP growth, job creation, capital investment, employment rates or U-Haul’s all-knowing emigration index — red states drop out of the top ten with purple states like Arizona or Nevada joining the mix.
Meanwhile, California, Illinois, New York and many other green states are sitting low. Americans simply have had it with angry governments and states that want to control every aspect of money and people’s lives. And those Americans voted with their feet.
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The left likes to say that warm weather and beaches are the reasons citizens move to red states, but that’s a lie. Last time I checked, Utah, Idaho and Montana didn’t have warm weather or beaches but these states are often in the top 10 for these indicators.
What does all this tell us? Well, we’ve seen this coming for a long time. California has not won a congressional seat since 2000. Illinois and New York? The last century. Green states have seen their economies weaken and their populations shrink ever since, but politicians in those states refuse to acknowledge the reasons why.
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Now the truth is sinking in, and with the loss of electoral votes comes the loss of political influence in Washington DC, not to mention the financial collapse.
Mike Campbell probably knew little about electoral politics, but he did know a thing or two about bankruptcy, and his admission that it happened “slowly and suddenly” is a cautionary tale for America. Green districts should take note.
