Red states recover faster than blue

[Anonymous]

How unsurprising. Now that people can live wherever they WANT to live and work remotely, millions have moved to red states to do so.

By many mea­sures, red states—those that lean Re­pub­li­can—have re­cov­ered faster eco­nom­i­cally than De­mo­c­ra­tic-lean­ing blue ones, with work­ers and em­ploy­ers mov­ing from the coasts to the mid­dle of the coun­try and Flor­ida.

Since Feb­ruary 2020, the month be­fore the pan­demic be­gan, the share of all U.S. jobs lo­cated in red states has grown by more than half a per­cent­age point, ac­cord­ing to an analy­sis of La­bor De­part­ment data by the Brook­ings In­sti­tu­tion think tank. Red states have added 341,000 jobs over that time, while blue states were still short 1.3 mil­lion jobs as of May.

Sev­eral ma­jor com­pa­nies have re­cently an­nounced moves of their head­quar­ters from blue to red states. Hedge-fund com­pany Citadel said re­cently it would move its head­quar­ters from Chicago to Mi­ami, and Cater­pil­lar Inc. plans to move from Illi­nois to Texas.

To track each state’s progress to­ward nor­mal since the pan­demic be­gan, Moody’s An­a­lyt­ics de­vel-oped an in­dex of 13 met­rics, in­clud­ing the value of goods and ser­vices pro­duced, em­ploy­ment, re­tail sales and new-home list­ings. Eleven of the 15 states with the high­est read­ings through mid-June were red. Eight of the bot­tom 10 were blue.

The states that gained the most, led by Flor­ida, Texas and North Car­olina, are al­most all red, as de­fined by the Cook Po­lit­i­cal Re­port based on how states voted in the past two pres­i­den­tial elec­tions. The states that lost the most res­i­dents are al­most all blue, led by Cal­i­for­nia, New York and Illi­nois.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/red-states-winning-post-pandemic-economy-migration-11657030536

[Anonymous]

Probably because they had the most to gain. If any company relocates to FL they are crazy. Unless they want to be a part of the grift and suck DeSantis's tit.

[Anonymous]

Ok. Glad they recovered! Don’t want any state to do poorly. Guess that’s where we differ. Stop making every topic divisive, OP.

So those states will be purple now?

[Anonymous]

We knew this over a year ago.

Between the Covid restrictions and the ridiculous remote "learning," many people have decided they prefer the freedom red states have to offer.

That is why Covid policy is a big deal when voting. If you liked the blue states' policies, vote for them. I'll stick with the route the red states took.

[Anonymous]

Great! Glad to see my fellow Americans doing well. Now let's work to get lethal weapons out of the hands of teenage boys and fight for the right of a woman to control her own body.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ok. Glad they recovered! Don’t want any state to do poorly. Guess that’s where we differ. Stop making every topic divisive, OP.

So those states will be purple now?

Not according to voter registration. For the first time in years, Republicans outnumber Democrats in voter registration in Florida.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We knew this over a year ago.

Between the Covid restrictions and the ridiculous remote "learning," many people have decided they prefer the freedom red states have to offer.

That is why Covid policy is a big deal when voting. If you liked the blue states' policies, vote for them. I'll stick with the route the red states took.

I love the freedom that Texas gives women over their own bodies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ok. Glad they recovered! Don’t want any state to do poorly. Guess that’s where we differ. Stop making every topic divisive, OP.

So those states will be purple now?

Oh, that’s rich. OP here. This is the first thread I’ve started in a very long time. Meanwhile, every single existing thread here is exactly that - divisive. But those don’t bother you, I suspect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We knew this over a year ago.

Between the Covid restrictions and the ridiculous remote "learning," many people have decided they prefer the freedom red states have to offer.

That is why Covid policy is a big deal when voting. If you liked the blue states' policies, vote for them. I'll stick with the route the red states took.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Probably because they had the most to gain. If any company relocates to FL they are crazy. Unless they want to be a part of the grift and suck DeSantis's tit.

Except this doesn’t really fit your narrative. Sorry to be the bearer of good news:

“The move­ment is al­ready start­ing to af­fect state economies and fi­nances. Flor­ida is on track to reg­is­ter a record bud­get sur­plus for the fis­cal year that ended June 30, which it at­trib­utes in part to new res­i­dents. The state is putting most of the ex­tra money into a re­serve fund to pro­tect state agen­cies and res­i­dents dur­ing the next down-turn, while in­vest­ing in school con­struc­tion and rais­ing teacher pay, a spokes­woman for Flor­ida Gov. Ron De­San­tis said.”

Nicely done, DeSantis.

[Anonymous]

Those states have the lowest labor participation rates in the country. Of course their unemployment is lower, so many people aren't even looking for jobs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Probably because they had the most to gain. If any company relocates to FL they are crazy. Unless they want to be a part of the grift and suck DeSantis's tit.

Except this doesn’t really fit your narrative. Sorry to be the bearer of good news:

“The move­ment is al­ready start­ing to af­fect state economies and fi­nances. Flor­ida is on track to reg­is­ter a record bud­get sur­plus for the fis­cal year that ended June 30, which it at­trib­utes in part to new res­i­dents. The state is putting most of the ex­tra money into a re­serve fund to pro­tect state agen­cies and res­i­dents dur­ing the next down-turn, while in­vest­ing in school con­struc­tion and rais­ing teacher pay, a spokes­woman for Flor­ida Gov. Ron De­San­tis said.”

Nicely done, DeSantis.

LOL. California has a $100 Billion budget surplus this year, also historic and about 10X that of Florida.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We knew this over a year ago.

Between the Covid restrictions and the ridiculous remote "learning," many people have decided they prefer the freedom red states have to offer.

That is why Covid policy is a big deal when voting. If you liked the blue states' policies, vote for them. I'll stick with the route the red states took.

I love the freedom that Texas gives women over their own bodies.

Sorry red states. That's the kind of freedom we can all do without. Treat women better if you want to talk about freedom.

[Anonymous]

And those without jobs are getting federal benefits paid for by....blue states.

[Anonymous]

Demographics. I'm from California and know so many retirees who left the state in the past 3 years.