Why are republican controlled states seeing double digit population growth

[madville]

While Democrat controlled states are seeing single digit growth or none at all? Why are people choosing red states over blue ones to live?

[DJ13]

1. They breed like rabbits?

[laundry_queen]

12. Yeah, army of god and all that.

Unfortunately, there are many, many Duggars out there.

[Hannah Bell]

2. huh? my blue state's population has nearly doubled since 1980, while mississippi's, for example,

has barely budged.

i think you're guilty of over-generalization.

[KILL THE WISE ONE]

6. Yes, the left coast is an exception

[madville]

10. Mississippi has seen 16% growth since 1980, what state are you in?

Just to justify your claim of doubling the population.

[Hannah Bell]

11. this is what i was eyeballing:

http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=uspopulation&met=population&idim=state:28000&dl=en&hl=en&q=mississippi+population#met=population&idim=state:28000:53000

[madville]

15. So if you look at this

Washington is on par with Tennessee :)

http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=uspopulation&met=population&idim=state:28000&dl=en&hl=en&q=mississippi+population#met=population&idim=state:53000:12000:13000:48000:47000

[Hannah Bell]

21. but above these:

http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=uspopulation&met=population&idim=state:28000&dl=en&hl=en&q=mississippi+population#met=population&idim=state:53000:45000:01000:05000:16000:28000:29000:40000:54000:56000


my point being, the poster was overgeneralizing.


http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=uspopulation&met=population&idim=state:28000&dl=en&hl=en&q=mississippi+population#met=population&idim=state:06000:47000


ps:

washington: 161%
tennessee: 137%

http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=uspopulation&met=population&idim=state:28000&dl=en&hl=en&q=mississippi+population#met=population&idim=state:47000:53000


it's not about red v. blue. it's about jobs & retirement homes.

[doc03]

14. Mississippi is generally around 45 or 50th in anything good and

1 to 5 with anything bad.

[Brickbat]

3. Retirees.

[iamjoy]

4. Watch The Beginning of Idiocracy

that will explain it all.

:+

[KILL THE WISE ONE]

5. retirees moving to sun belt

Military bases growing in the south, and closing in the north.
Sex education that is not based on abstinence lowers the birth rate.

[Hannah Bell]

9. jobs moving from the rust belt to the sun belt on their way to china,

not too hard to understand either.

[scheming daemons]

7. red states are those states that used to be too hot (before air conditioning)

Before the invention of air conditioning, who in their right mind would want to live in Arizona? Or Georgia? Or Florida?

[Johonny]

18. that's clearly ture

The north and north eastern states had an more friendly climate prior to WW II and air conditioning. I think also the old south post civil war era was a strong discouragement to people who newly immigrated from moving into the south. Either way the whole thing is sort of made up. Calling states blue or red is clearly nonsensical. Is California a red or blue state? It has two Dem senators, but a republican governor? Who's column does that go in?

What is meant by control? Here the top by growth states http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_population_growth_rate
and their party in the executive branch

Wyoming (D)
Utah (R)
Texas (R)
Colorado (D)
Alaska (R)
Arizona (R)
Washington (D)
North Carolina (D)
Georgia (R)
South Carolina (R)

So that's 4/6 republican. While Texas looks like say a red state it's had 39 Democratic governors and 6 Republican ones in its history. Once again what does the opening statement even mean? I say this is just a BS talking point that has no clear meaning.

[Roselma]

8. Southward

migration. Old folks like me are moving to the cheap housing and low income taxes of the south. They're leaving behind expensive housing (Boston, New York) and high taxes to go and leach off southern states and spend out our social security. Plus, it's warmer in the south - retirees like warm weather. Also, southern states are aggressively luring corporate investment by promising corporate tax breaks and a big pool of labor willing to work for less than those in the "blue" northern states. Low cost of housing makes low pay a no-brainer for a corporation. They're also promising low environmental and worker safety regulation. Corporations like that. Then, people who are desperate for employment go to where the jobs are.

[doc03]

13. I would say mainly because of right to work laws and

state governments writing laws that are anti labor and pro business. Why do states controlled by Republicans generally receive more federal money than they pay? Why do states controlled by Republicans have the least educated people and the highest poverty rates?

[gristy]

16. wow. 14 posts to an OP having an implicit assertion that is backed with neither numbers nor a link

What's up with that?

[doc03]

17. I think the OP is probably parroting something he

heard from Rush or Faux.

[madville]

19. The numbers show exactly what I stated

Over the last 10 years redder states are seeing significantly higher growth than blue ones, it's not that hard to look at demographic data, if you're lazy check out each states wikipedia page.

[doc03]

22. Nobody is arguing that, you asked (why) and people gave

their reasons. Just what is your point? Are you trying to say the states the Repugs run are better for some reason?

[Hannah Bell]

23. again, overgeneralization.

E.G. Percent growth 1980-present

California: 156%
Delaware: 149%
Hawaii: 134%
Washington: 161%
Oregon: 134%
New Hampshire: 144%


Alabama: 120%
Arkansas: 126%
Louisiana: 109%
oklahoma: 129%
north dakota: -1%
south dakota: 118%

[WorseBeforeBetter]

24. That shit doesn't fly on DU. You make the assertion; you back it up. (n/t)

[HEyHEY]

27. Are you taking a piss?

DU is usually nothing but unsubstanciated assertions, THAT'S why it's fun.

[gristy]

28. You're joking, right?

You think I'm supposed to do this? And that I'm lazy because I don't?

Beyond words...

[Johonny]

20. I posted a link in my thread above

and yes the idea of "control" is clearly a talking point. So is the idea of red and blue states.

[HEyHEY]

26. You responded too, so you tell us

[HEyHEY]

25. birth control is a sin

[dimbear]

29. Not only is it a sin, it is a sin every day. Better for your soul

to only sin occasionally--with an abortion.