"Americans are dynamic people.
...In fact, the U.S. is a federal republic of independent states, each with many laws, many customs, and a unique political climate.
Does the changing political climate affect population migration between states?
Of course, it does, but how?
What if we were to express the movement of intra-American migration, not in words, but in the language of numbers? A convenient measure of internal migration could be the U-Haul Index.
...What causes people to leave San Francisco and New York and to make a move to Dallas and Orlando?
San Francisco is in the state of California, and New York City in the state of New York.
Both states for decades have been bastions of left-wing politicians – former Democrats, and now socialists and communists.
Dallas is in Texas, and Orlando is in Florida.
Both states for decades have been bastions of right-wing politicians – Republicans and conservatives.
Perhaps the question should be posed differently: what forces people to leave those states where the government is pursuing a left socialist policy and move to states where the government is pursuing a pragmatic right-wing policy?...
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