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  •  I've never understood that theory (5+ / 0-)

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    N in Seattle, sobermom, Republic Not Empire, esquimaux, EdSF

    A lot of the people moving up here are trying to ESCAPE high taxes. It isn't obvious to me that they make the state more progressive.

    Indeed, the towns where a lot of them move, like Bedford, tend to be solid red.

    by Elwood Dowd on Fri Nov 10, 2006 at 09:09:44 AM PDT

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    •  NH - it's the libertarianism more than (1+ / 0-)

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      N in Seattle

      the migrants from Mass.  Bruce and Elwood are right.  The big southern NH suburbs (Salem, Derry, Bedford, Amherst) with lots of Mass. escapees are GOP.  The Dem votes are coming from traditionally liberal cities (Concord, Dover, Portsmouth) and smaller towns with migrants from other than Mass. (northern Lakes Region, Mount Washington Valley, Grafton County, Monadnock Region), and areas of moderate (educated) Republican natives who feel that the GOP has left them, as well as old mill towns where the "Reagan Democrat" trend may have run its course.  Add to that the ease of straight ticket voting to send a message regarding Bush and Iraq (some new Dem legislators had no intention of winning and did no campaigning; they just allowed their names to be used and now are stuck going to Concord for the next 2 years), and you have a landslide.

      by bdbd on Fri Nov 10, 2006 at 09:59:22 AM PDT

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      •  Everyone I know who moved (0+ / 0-)

        from MA to NH--and I know a lot--weren't Democrats, and moved to NH expressly to escape the People's Republic. My soon-to-be-former in-laws, for one example, are probably seething that they suddenly live in a blue state :-).

        Remember: if it's close, they'll steal it.

        by ChurchofBruce on Fri Nov 10, 2006 at 01:28:01 PM PDT

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        •  Maybe they should go on moving (0+ / 0-)

          until they wind up in Utah. I think that Utah's not going to turn blue anytime soon because:

          1. A lot of what movement conservatism espouses (low taxes, laws restricting sex education, birth control, euthanasia, etc.) fits right in with the LDS Church's outlook. And, except for the Wasatch Front, most of the population of Utah is LDS.
          1. The LDS Church tries to discourage reality-based thinking and encourage trust and deference to authority in its members from toddler-hood. Members who apply logic to the Church's history and theology tend to not be members for long--which is bad for the Church. (This tendency has left many Utahns particularly vulnerable to Bush-worship and bunco scams.)
          1. The LDS don't expect the Federal or State Government to take care of them in exchange for their tax money; they tithe 10% to the Church, and that's who they expect to care for them when they're in trouble. It kind of sucks for the non-members, but that's their problem.

          If you're still in touch with your ex's family, perhaps you might suggest that they go there.

          by rachelmap on Sat Nov 11, 2006 at 08:54:06 PM PDT

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    •  Most people are moving so they can afford a house (0+ / 0-)

      you get much more bang for your buck in NH

      It's a neighborly day in this beautywood. Relentless!

      by ablington on Fri Nov 10, 2006 at 10:49:53 AM PDT

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