Yeah I live in it

think of how the country split just prior to the civil war

north vs south

@Misomania okay now I get what your saying. Your saying its a sign of a civil war because of people moving states.

Wasn't quite getting it there at first.

For the most part though I keep hearing about people not moving based on ideology, but because the prices in certain areas are to much.

so when we have coastal areas that are predomoniantly democrat while the midlands are mostly republican that is an issue

Still it could be a indicator of a soon to be civil war.

along with a few in the center like illinois and others

What should be done? Tell all the mid landers to move to the coast and vice versa?

People in general go where they will find others of a agreeable nature.

Its just human instinct to do so.

honestly? as long as the democrats are in a freefall I have no idea

I myself like to find places where I can ask questions.

But I'm not like most people.

if you look at the idealogical spread charts they are the only ones that moved on the chart and they are in a freefall left while conservatives are where they have always been

I would suspect the majority of users here in this discord aren't like most people to be honest.

When their states start failing because of bad policies then they have to find somewhere to go.

It makes sense then that they try to move into territories which were like theirs.

they did... to texas. Which is now liberal

Birds of a feather and all that.

this may be the last year a republican gets elected for it's senate

Could be.

https://i0.wp.com/rud.is/b/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/engfull.png?fit=500%2C458&ssl=1

Yep.

that was in 2014.. imagine what the spread is now

republicans in there had the same peak in 2001 and 2014 while the democrats shifted immensely left

Makes me wonder are there other factors involved in the shift other than just people moving?

social media echochambers

For instance how many Texans moved at the same time, how many Texans were convinced to vote democrat and so on.

I'd love to see that graph but with post-2016 numbers

Yeah.

https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/ZVE_XPwobTDgeI4i0rPcFAIfig0=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(80)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2016/11/10/TX2016-county-results.png

it was all people who moved to texas and into the southern coast and certain major cities

@Misomania hmmmm. I don't know the geography of Texas very well, but I'm going to assume its all major cities that have turned democrat after the move.

mostly yes plus the very southern edge. Not sure why that image doesn't load

It makes sense if Texas is going democrat then. Seeing as major cities always seem to be full of democrats.

and as you can guess, each of those cities has a VERY generous welfare program

They like their city life.

while the rural areas do not

Of coarse.