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Of the top 10, only 5 are in red states: Boise, Dallas, Fort Worth, Nashville, Austin. Orlando, Las Vegas and Cape Coral are more in "purple" states. Seattle and Tacoma are in a blue state.
However, of the 5 in a red state, most of those cities are blue, notably Austin, Dallas and Nashville. And as vacoder mentioned above, even Boise is more liberal than the rest of the state.
Sorry I offended your liberal ideals. Vast majority of the cities listed are in red states. You can try to spin it anyway you want because you don't like that obvious fact but it does not change what it is.
My bigger point which was subtle and something you obviously missed is migration to red states will have future impacts on the EC as well as the house as long as those states stay red.
And that's unlikely. Why? Because conservative ideals are slowly going the way of the dinosaurs. People are realizing the reality of climate change, they are becoming less religious, they are becoming more humane toward animals and more humane toward humans.
To quote the OP, "the future appears to be brightest in GOP states." But perhaps, to be more accurate, he should edit it to say, "currently, but soon to be former, GOP states."
Its funny when there is some negative post about red states its always about Alabama and Mississippi. Yes there is a lot of deep rooted poverty in those areas and they are easy targets for the left.
However Forbes just came out with the 25 fastest growing cities and the list is dominated by red and deep red states led by Boise, Idaho.
Outside of Seattle, Portland, Las Vegas and Colorado Springs (A red city in a blue state) the future appears to be brightest in GOP states.
The one blue state in the SW region surrounded by Texas, Arizona and Utah and not on the list is New Mexico, mired in the same poverty that places like Alabama and Mississippi also deal with.
Colorado Springs is not a red city by any stretch it leans conservative but it is not a right wing mecca.
Of the top 10, only 5 are in red states: Boise, Dallas, Fort Worth, Nashville, Austin. Orlando, Las Vegas and Cape Coral are more in "purple" states. Seattle and Tacoma are in a blue state.
However, of the 5 in a red state, most of those cities are blue, notably Austin, Dallas and Nashville. And as vacoder mentioned above, even Boise is more liberal than the rest of the state.
Texas and Idaho are purple states? .
Sure. As long as you think so. You are really stretching to try to make a point that simply is not there.
Going by the 2016 election and how the electoral votes played out only 4 of the 25 on the list are in blue states. 21 in red states. There are no ties so you can throw out the purple state nonsense.
Almost every city is going to be less conservative than the surrounding smaller towns. So by your measure there are no red states.
I said, "Orlando, Las Vegas and Cape Coral are more in "purple" states." In case you didn't know, those cities are in Florida and Nevada, which are purple states.
Sure. As long as you think so. You are really stretching to try to make a point that simply is not there.
Going by the 2016 election and how the electoral votes played out only 4 of the 25 on the list are in blue states. 21 in red states. There are no ties so you can throw out the purple state nonsense.
Almost every city is going to be less conservative than the surrounding smaller towns. So by your measure there are no red states.
Look up the projected growth rates for Austin, Dallas and Nashville in the coming few years. It's off the charts. As those cities turn more and more blue the votes they wield will cancel out the dwindling rural (i.e., red) population.
A good example of this is my native Illinois. Outside of Chicago the rest of the state is pretty red, but the huge city population easily dwarfs that of the rest of the state, and thus, Illinois is a blue state. That's the future of many of these red states with rapidly growing urban areas.
Colorado Springs is the fourth-most conservative major city in the country, while Aurora checks in at 10th-most conservative. Denver registers as the 20th-most liberal.
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