Basically simple story: in the United States Red states (run by Republican governors) do better economically than Blue states (the Dems).
They have lower taxes, faster employment growth, more high-tech and more people moving in than out.
You’d think that might affect voting. But it won’t. Think of what happens at city levels. Progressive DAs, soft in crime and punishment, have overseen marked increases in crime of all sorts. People flee cities like San Francisco and Portland. Yet the remaining folks continue to vote Democrat.
Or think what’s going on in New York with all the illegal immigrants arriving in this “Sanctuary City”. Democrat mayor Eric Adams has said they can’t put up with it. Yet will this lead to any reconsideration of the open borders policy? People think it unlikely.
Snip:
President Biden will never admit it, but he has Republican-led states to thank for the resilient U.S. economy and labor market. Wit-ness how an earnings surge in right-leaning states is helping com-pensate for sluggish growth in progressive ones.