@professorhank I totally get it and have considered moving out of Florida back to the northeast because of how toxic the politics and government policies have become down here. But I do worry that it basically cedes huge states to Republicans as they get redder and redder thus further locking in their over-representation in the Electoral College, Senate, and US House (the latter less so).
I hear you. There is a huge misalignment of private and social incentives. Rather than moving away from the red areas, we would be better off if people from dense blue pockets moved in large numbers to red and battleground states to make use of the large lead in popular vote.
That said, it's hard to imagine individuals choosing to do so as they would bear the costs and, unless done by many, may have little benefit.
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