BMX Bandit said:
its not a "cautionary tale" because you can't stop people from moving. how do you "t take care of matters in your state" to prevent it?
what is a "traditional" blue state? just about all these states were red at one time.
Here's a simple compare and contrast.
Colorado has added 2 US Reps in the past 40 years.
Colorado Districts 6 & 7 started out with Republican representation but since the late 2000s have had Democrat representation and are now solidly "Blue".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado%27s_6th_congressional_districthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado%27s_7th_congressional_districtI live in California's 30th District represented by s/head Adam Schiff.
This district has sent a Democrat to the US House for the past 60 years since the district left San Diego and moved to Los Angeles.
That's what I would call "traditional Blue" representation.
If you want to look at the Electoral Map, obviously everybody except Walter Mondale's home state of Minnesota was "Red" in 1984. But that was an anomaly which is unlikely to happen again.
How to preserve your way of life and protect against "move-ins"? Good question.
Florida seems to have figured it out.