Why Western States Are Turning From Red To Blue

By Alan with comments January 26, 2013 12:59

The West is being won–by Democrats.

The shift in a region already imbued with a libertarian spirit is the result of several factors. One is the growing number of people who are seeking a better quality of life by moving from more liberal states. Also, the expanding immigrant population is turned off by increasingly hard-line Republican immigration proposals.

“Look at the migration patterns,” said Sig Rogich, a Republican consultant in Las Vegas who worked on Reagan’s presidential campaigns. “You’re seeing the aftermath of a new generation of young men and women whose parents moved westward.”