Future Electoral Shift to Southwest/West States (votes, American, political)

[Tennis702]

NEW HEARTLAND: Brookings report predicts Nevada, nearby states will be American powerhouse ... - Las Vegas Sun

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Nevada and four other states are poised to become a new American heartland, largely because of rapid growth combined with economic and demographic changes in five “megametro” areas including Las Vegas, a Brookings Institution report released today says.

Nevada and other states in the region have been pegged as possible swing states in the November election, and in time — as it gains electoral votes from the population boom that, though slowed of late, will continue — the region could “play the storied ‘kingmaking’ role the Midwest does now.”

The Brookings report predicts, for example, that by the middle of this century Arizona will have more electoral votes than Ohio. And by 2030, the five “southern Intermountain West states,” as the study classifies them, will have added three times as many new residents as Wisconsin, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan and Indiana.

[18Montclair]

And Ex-Californians are changing the political landscape througout the InterMountain West. Very fascinating stuff.

[LordBalfor]

Pretty interesting indeed.

And, considering that we are planning on retiring to SE Arizona (already own some land there, in fact) I guess, we will be contributing to that increase in the EV count.

Ken

[18Montclair]

Originally Posted by LordBalfor

Pretty interesting indeed.

And, considering that we are planning on retiring to SE Arizona (already own some land there, in fact) I guess, we will be contributing to that increase in the EV count.

Ken

I was thinking of getting a place in Baja.