Related to the previous post, Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit has long talked about a Welcome Wagon project to introduce blue state refugees to red state values. Too often, blue staters leave the blue state that has become unlivable and relocate to a red state. However, once established in the red state, they continue to vote for blue state policies. If sufficient blue staters migrate to the state, it starts to resemble the state they left. The goal is to explain the cause and effect of their voting patterns.
Tim Pool, who describes himself as a milquetoast fence sitter who leans left, recently moved to a more conservative state. He had previously lived in such places as the Philadelphia metro area, New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Though he rarely votes, he announced that he would not try to impose his values in his newly adopted state. It was working well enough before he arrived. This is exactly the mindset sought by the Welcome Wagon.
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