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by throwawaysea 1908 days ago
I really hope the employees who follow don’t vote like they did in CA. I’ve seen first hand the effect that had on politics in WA. I hope TX avoids the same fate.
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Well they don't. If you look at polling from the last election, what is turning Texas blue is hispanics turning 18, what's keeping it red are people moving into Texas.
During election season I saw billboards here about like: Are you new from a state of blue? Remember in November why you came to Texas
A WSJ reader letter welcomed a fleeing VC but stated, "I would only ask Mr. Lonsdale and his fellow economic migrants to carefully consider that they are arriving as refugees, not as missionaries."

https://www.wsj.com/articles/blue-peril-threatens-texas-refu...