Here’s Another Reason To Flee That God-Awful Blue State You’re Living In

The Great Sorting is still in progress, as many major corporations are leaving Democrat-controlled states in favor of more business-friendly Republican states.

Recent evidence suggests that the disparity in personal income between red and blue states may be more pronounced than previously thought.

In fact, personal incomes in red states have been consistently outpacing those in blue states since 2000, and the difference is significant:

Defenders of blue state economics argue that incomes are higher in blue states like California and New Jersey than red states like Arkansas and Oklahoma

True, but the gap is rapidly narrowing every day and if trends continue soon, blue states will be poorer.

Unleash Prosperity Senior Fellow Richard Vedder and UP researcher Nicholas Jadwisienczak have examined reasons why there are wide variations in the rate of economic growth in the 50 states since the beginning of this century, and have found the single best explanation: differences in political orientation.

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