Elections are won by independents. That still doesn't explain Bud's point. Blue states like CA, NY and IL are losing residents and FL., TX. and AZ are gaining them.
Florida has been receiving a steady flood of NY immigrants, by no means all of them retirees, ever since the 1950s, it's nothing new. I once lived in Volusia County, and the bedroom community of Deltona (most residents commuted to Orlando for work) had a local directory sorted by resident's state of origin, and the New York section was the thickest in the book.
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