Unfortunately, as liberals flee their self-created liberal cities, they frequently continue to vote left, and will turn previously dependable conservative states to liberal. That may well be the ultimate goal.
I was going to say the same thing. California was the test bed. For decades the people have fled CA and infected other states, even creating a name for the destruction, Californication. It ruined Colorado, for sure, and other western states.
Chicago has always had an up-state vs. downstate dynamic with the patriots in southern Illinois. Now people are fleeing the rising crime in Chicago for the safety the south provides, but they’ll still vote blue, thus eventually benefiting the politicians in Chicago (so they can vote themselves more money without the downstaters trying to stop them).
St. Louis is becoming the same way. The only way someone who’s an avowed Marxists like Kim Gardner can get voted back into office as a prosecutor is if the people there want her. She just got re-elected.
Portland chaos pushes blue voters to the “safer” eastern portion of Oregon, diluting their more conservative voters.
The cities are totally lost. The plan is to spread out the pain, no matter the cost to the host cities. Coming soon to a suburb like yours!