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Originally Posted by 10023
In terms of shifting the balance of power politically, you've got to remember that while these shifts mean that Republican states are gaining population and political clout, they're also becoming less Republican. The growth is coming from Northern transplants, immigrants, and minorities that lean Democratic.
So this trend only provides a tailwind for the GOP until the demographics reach the magical tipping point where the "newcomers" become a plurality, at which point these states will flip entirely. Look at Virginia and North Carolina in the last election... all that growth in NoVA and Charlotte looks like it helps the Repubs, but longer term, it doesn't really.
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This assumes none of these new population people actually grow up in their new environment and adopt the customs and values of the place their peers require them to. A God non-fearing wonderful socialist liberal can relocate to North Carolina if he wants. But he may have Bush kids. His risk. Not unlike expecting your kids to adopt all your customs when you come from overseas. They will get assimiliated. Maybe not your kids. But your grandkids will. And then the old man will get involved in politics when his non-NYC property taxes are about to get raised, or his property is gonna get zoned for something he doesn't like...suddenly the old man goes conservative too. Shouting at the fact he can't handle fractions of the taxes he sold his house in NYC to leave for NC for. His plan was to be "rich" off that difference as a retired muffler repair man. Because, after all, a retired muffler repair man deserves to be rich. That only happens if he sells off his northern assets and protects his southern ones.