[RayStacy]

VERTY interested to see what you guys have to say about this. I've heard MANY times how bad this is for the Dems, (NY gets small, SC gets big) but the way I see it, NY stays lib and SC BECOMES lib. That appears to be what we have in VA. So many of these F&*%ing POS scumbags are coming in, that VA is now indistinguishable from MASS.

[Ellesu]

Well, LA is becoming a red state, and many LA Dems outmigrated to Texas and other states:)

[fredhead]

You know the difference between a yankee and a d@mnyankee?

The second one stays.

[Mr. Jeeves]

I've heard MANY times how bad this is for the Dems, (NY gets small, SC gets big) but the way I see it, NY stays lib and SC BECOMES lib.

If liberal states are staying liberal and conservative states are becoming liberal, that isn't really about migration, it actually means something worse: that nationwide older conservatives are dying off and younger people and immigrants are voting liberal. An ominous sign. If younger people were leaving the Northeast to look for jobs and bringing a conservative, enterpreneurial spirit with them, the symptoms you describe in Virginia wouldn't be happening.

[MplsSteve]

It is true what you say about Virginia.

While it has not achieved true battleground status, there is an increasing number of Dems coming in, primarily in Northern Virginia.

Twenty years ago, Northern Va was considered the GOP part of the state. Nowadays, it seems as though the Valley, the Piedmont and Southside have earned that honor.

As federal govt continues to grow and grow, Northern Va will become more and more Dem - to the point where it can dictate to the rest of the state.

[myrabach]

I am a conservative from PA who has relocated to NC. I was tired of seeing my taxes go up and up, services become more and more expensive and the liberals jumping out from all cracks and crannies.

I'm not bringing PA with me... I'm happily leaving it behind. I didn't more here to make it "little PA", I moved here to take advantage of NC.

Hopefully I am not the exception, but more the rule. But who knows

[WashingtonSource]

I think Virginia is very much a red state. It's northern Virginia where there is a difference, mostly from immigration from abroad -- not liberals moving south. North Carolina has been a popular destination for decades and remains conservative, if not more so. Ditto for South Carolina. Just because a Dhimmi wins occasionally (as with James Webb) doesn't mean a seismic shift among voters. The good news is that Louisiana is turning red.

[detsaoT]

The good news is that liberals prefer to live in clusters, so once you get past the Rappahannock (southbound), you're generally in the clear from the riff-raff.

;)