Florida bracing for new influx of residents fleeing blue states including NY after Dems’ election

[Michie]

The Sunshine State is preparing for a different sort of blue wave.

Continuing years of scorching population growth, Florida is bracing for a fresh batch of disgruntled citizens fed up with spiraling crime and high taxes to move in from Democratic strongholds.


Figures obtained by The Post show that through August, a record 41,885 New Yorkers already swapped their licenses for the Florida version, a commonly used indicator of demographic trends. That figure was 21,277 for California, 16,970 for Pennsylvania and 16,846 for Illinois.

Sunshine State observers said after Tuesday saw Democratic leaders re-elected or voted in —coupled with Gov. Ron DeSantis’s landslide entrenchment — they expect the exodus to Florida will continue.

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Florida bracing for influx of residents fleeing blue states after Dems' election success

 

[GDL]

The Sunshine State is preparing for a different sort of blue wave.

Continuing years of scorching population growth, Florida is bracing for a fresh batch of disgruntled citizens fed up with spiraling crime and high taxes to move in from Democratic strongholds.


Figures obtained by The Post show that through August, a record 41,885 New Yorkers already swapped their licenses for the Florida version, a commonly used indicator of demographic trends. That figure was 21,277 for California, 16,970 for Pennsylvania and 16,846 for Illinois.

Sunshine State observers said after Tuesday saw Democratic leaders re-elected or voted in —coupled with Gov. Ron DeSantis’s landslide entrenchment — they expect the exodus to Florida will continue.

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Florida bracing for influx of residents fleeing blue states after Dems' election success

And they'll bring their progressive ideology with them, vote accordingly, and then wonder why the criminality seems to follow them.

 

[Isilwen]

And all I want to do is go back to blue state.

 

[Xeno.of.athens]

Serving God faithfully is not about joining an earthly political movement.

 

[GDL]

Nor is it about ignoring them and pretending human government isn't Biblical.

 

[chevyontheriver]

And all I want to do is go back to blue state.

I moved. Not for political reasons, but it is possible. People do it all the time.

 

[GDL]

I moved. Not for political reasons, but it is possible. People do it all the time.

Me too. Blue to red but not for political reasons.

 

[Isilwen]

I moved. Not for political reasons, but it is possible. People do it all the time.

Maybe in ten years when my youngest is 18. Until then I cannot move.