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Blue-state Migration Could Have Flipped Arizona
Breitbart ^ | November 29, 2020 | JOEL B. POLLAK

Posted on 11/29/2020 7:39:45 AM PST by Hojczyk

Democrats have been trying to win Arizona for several election cycles, convinced that the growing Latino vote would turn the state blue. But in an election where Republicans grew among Latinos, migration from blue states was a major factor.

That’s the analysis floated by Gene Balk at the Seattle Times, who notes that “priced-out California liberals” have moved to Arizona in large numbers, and migration from Washington State — another liberal stronghold — was second-highest.

I looked at census data on state-to-state migration and found that since the 2016 election — from 2017 to 2019 — about 150,000 Californians who are eligible to vote (U.S. citizens, age 18 and older) moved to Arizona. While the data doesn’t tell us anything about the political affiliations of the those movers, California is, of course, one of the bluest states.

But guess which other very-blue state ranks No. 2 after California for sending expats into Arizona. That’s right: Washington.

From 2017 to 2019, 43,000 voting-eligible Washingtonians made the move south. While that number can’t compare with California, it’s still surprisingly large.

Keep in mind that Biden defeated Trump in Arizona by a margin of about 10,500 votes, so those 43,000 ex-Washingtonians certainly could have made a difference.

Two “red” states also sent large numbers of migrants into Arizona. Texas was third, after Washington, with 37,435 migrants. Utah was tenth, with 17,398.

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To: Hojczyk
They have built thousands and thousands of apartments in Maricopa County over the past few years and imported a lot of blue state workers for relocating or expanding California businesses. That's one factor. The second was the significant number of McCain loyalists who were upset over their "hero" being disrespected.

So while there probably was fraud involved here, it has been mostly a case of Californication here steadily brewing over the last few years.

21 posted on 11/29/2020 7:57:29 AM PST by AmusedBystander (The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next)
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To: Hojczyk

All states could pass legislation to require five years or residency to vote in elections.


22 posted on 11/29/2020 7:57:53 AM PST by Meatspace
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To: rrrod

It’s Tampa. It’s like complaining why Californians are moving to Austin TX.


23 posted on 11/29/2020 7:59:24 AM PST by max americana (fired liberal employees at every election since 2008 because I enjoy seeing them cry )
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To: wny

They bring the virus with them, and cannot understand why it all turns into sewage, no matter where they live.


24 posted on 11/29/2020 8:00:18 AM PST by alloysteel ("The Best Is Yet to Come "- theme of 2020 RNC)
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To: Empire_of_Liberty
My own parents fled California for Arizona, and they are as Conservative and pro-Trump as any.

My best friend moved to Arizona years ago from Washington. He is extremely conservative and says everyone even most liberals down there knows that their election was a fraud.

One of my drivers moved to Florida, he and his wife are conservatives as well. Although there are millions of people fleeing blue states... a higher percentage of them are conservatives than those who are staying.

25 posted on 11/29/2020 8:00:30 AM PST by fireman15
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To: Hojczyk
I believe we're seeing the results of this in NV, CO, NM and AZ.

There's a reason Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade are blue counties. Libs from New England.

26 posted on 11/29/2020 8:03:08 AM PST by ealgeone
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To: DoodleBob

They should sterilize any McCainiacs in AZ! The dossier story alone should have destroyed the familiy’s reputation.


27 posted on 11/29/2020 8:03:29 AM PST by 100%FEDUP (I'm seeing RED!)
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To: Meatspace

All states could pass legislation to require five years or residency to vote in elections.

That would violate federal law passed in 1970.

52 U.S. Code § 10502. Residence requirements for voting

(a)Congressional findings The Congress hereby finds that the imposition and application of the durational residency requirement as a precondition to voting for the offices of President and Vice President, and the lack of sufficient opportunities for absentee registration and absentee balloting in presidential elections—
(1)denies or abridges the inherent constitutional right of citizens to vote for their President and Vice President;
(2)denies or abridges the inherent constitutional right of citizens to enjoy their free movement across State lines;
(3)denies or abridges the privileges and immunities guaranteed to the citizens of each State under article IV, section 2, clause 1, of the Constitution;
(4)in some instances has the impermissible purpose or effect of denying citizens the right to vote for such officers because of the way they may vote;
(5)has the effect of denying to citizens the equality of civil rights, and due process and equal protection of the laws that are guaranteed to them under the fourteenth amendment; and
(6)does not bear a reasonable relationship to any compelling State interest in the conduct of presidential elections.
(b)Congressional declaration: durational residency requirement, abolishment; absentee registration and balloting standards, establishment
Upon the basis of these findings, Congress declares that in order to secure and protect the above-stated rights of citizens under the Constitution, to enable citizens to better obtain the enjoyment of such rights, and to enforce the guarantees of the fourteenth amendment, it is necessary (1) to completely abolish the durational residency requirement as a precondition to voting for President and Vice President, and (2) to establish nationwide, uniform standards relative to absentee registration and absentee balloting in presidential elections.

(c)Prohibition of denial of right to vote because of durational residency requirement or absentee balloting
No citizen of the United States who is otherwise qualified to vote in any election for President and Vice President shall be denied the right to vote for electors for President and Vice President, or for President and Vice President, in such election because of the failure of such citizen to comply with any durational residency requirement of such State or political subdivision; nor shall any citizen of the United States be denied the right to vote for electors for President and Vice President, or for President and Vice President, in such election because of the failure of such citizen to be physically present in such State or political subdivision at the time of such election, if such citizen shall have complied with the requirements prescribed by the law of such State or political subdivision providing for the casting of absentee ballots in such election.

(d)Registration: time for application; absentee balloting: time of application and return of ballots
For the purposes of this section, each State shall provide by law for the registration or other means of qualification of all duly qualified residents of such State who apply, not later than thirty days immediately prior to any presidential election, for registration or qualification to vote for the choice of electors for President and Vice President or for President and Vice President in such election; and each State shall provide by law for the casting of absentee ballots for the choice of electors for President and Vice President, or for President and Vice President, by all duly qualified residents of such State who may be absent from their election district or unit in such State on the day such election is held and who have applied therefor not later than seven days immediately prior to such election and have returned such ballots to the appropriate election official of such State not later than the time of closing of the polls in such State on the day of such election.

(e)Change of residence; voting in person or by absentee ballot in State of prior residence
If any citizen of the United States who is otherwise qualified to vote in any State or political subdivision in any election for President and Vice President has begun residence in such State or political subdivision after the thirtieth day next preceding such election and, for that reason, does not satisfy the registration requirements of such State or political subdivision he shall be allowed to vote for the choice of electors for President and Vice President, or for President and Vice President, in such election, (1) in person in the State or political subdivision in which he resided immediately prior to his removal if he had satisfied, as of the date of his change of residence, the requirements to vote in that State or political subdivision, or (2) by absentee ballot in the State or political subdivision in which he resided immediately prior to his removal if he satisfies, but for his nonresident status and the reason for his absence, the requirements for absentee voting in that State or political subdivision.

(f)Absentee registration requirement
No citizen of the United States who is otherwise qualified to vote by absentee ballot in any State or political subdivision in any election for President and Vice President shall be denied the right to vote for the choice of electors for President and Vice President, or for President and Vice President, in such election because of any requirement of registration that does not include a provision for absentee registration.

(g)State or local adoption of less restrictive voting practices
Nothing in this section shall prevent any State or political subdivision from adopting less restrictive voting practices than those that are prescribed herein.

(h)“State” defined
The term “State” as used in this section includes each of the several States and the District of Columbia.

(i)False registration, and other fraudulent acts and conspiracies: application of penalty for false information in registering or voting
The provisions of section 10307(c) of this title shall apply to false registration, and other fraudulent acts and conspiracies, committed under this section.

(Pub. L. 89–110, title II, § 202, as added Pub. L. 91–285, § 6, June 22, 1970, 84 Stat. 316.)


28 posted on 11/29/2020 8:06:41 AM PST by Steven Scharf
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To: ealgeone

Whenever I hear “Broward” county...I think “stupid.”

But perhaps I’m just being repetitive. Do they have any of those dimpled or hanging chads left? Let’s take a microscope to see if an attempt was made to puncture the paper. LOL


29 posted on 11/29/2020 8:08:44 AM PST by proud American in Canada (In these trying times, "Give me Liberty or Give me Death!)
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To: Hojczyk

...or migration of red votes to blue votes in a corrupted voting machine...


30 posted on 11/29/2020 8:09:07 AM PST by Nateman (Democracy dies with vote fraud darkness.)
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To: Drew68
I move out of Colorado in 2000..the Californians invade in the 1990s
31 posted on 11/29/2020 8:12:01 AM PST by Hojczyk ( )
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To: wny

Probably.....yet another example of libs fleeing the shitholes they create to infest and contaminate their new state


That’s how they created present day California - a base from which to spread their poison.


32 posted on 11/29/2020 8:12:11 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Hojczyk

Nope!


33 posted on 11/29/2020 8:13:31 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: ealgeone

Add Idaho and Montana in a couple of years


34 posted on 11/29/2020 8:14:11 AM PST by Hojczyk ( )
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To: wny

Like Georgia


35 posted on 11/29/2020 8:14:17 AM PST by frogjerk
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To: Hojczyk

What about Georgia? All the dumb Republicans in the state government were begging Hollywood to come.


36 posted on 11/29/2020 8:15:00 AM PST by Trump20162020
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To: Hojczyk

Dead voters from blue states, or vote fraud specialists from blue states?


37 posted on 11/29/2020 8:15:24 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: proud American in Canada
Whenever I hear “Broward” county...I think “stupid.”

Agree.

But notice what county was not in the election news cycle this year as screwing things up.....Broward.

38 posted on 11/29/2020 8:17:00 AM PST by ealgeone
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To: Hojczyk

‘They’ move into a new area and spend the rest of their lives trying to remake it into the type of cesspool they left.

Go figure.


39 posted on 11/29/2020 8:18:48 AM PST by TomGuy ( )
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To: AmusedBystander

I think we’re underestimating the Mcstain and Flake influence on this election in AZ. They gave Trump zero support and were negative influences in the election.


40 posted on 11/29/2020 8:19:28 AM PST by ealgeone
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