The ‘Great Sort’ draws transplants pushing Florida to the right, experts say

Published by Orlando Sentinel A mass migration of Northeasterners and Midwesterners into Florida, many of them conservatives leaving Democratic states, has led to the state's politics turning sharply to the right, experts say. New estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau this month showed that movement is continuing, with hundreds of thousands of people leaving states […]

Dec 29, 2023 - 19:00
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The ‘Great Sort’ draws transplants pushing Florida to the right, experts say
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Orlando Sentinel

A mass migration of Northeasterners and Midwesterners into , many of them conservatives leaving Democratic states, has led to the state's politics turning sharply to the right, experts say. New estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau this month showed that movement is continuing, with hundreds of thousands of people leaving states such as New York, Illinois and and moving to Florida and Texas in 2022 and 2023. “The notion of the ‘Big Sort' … is really proving itself,” said Matt Isbell, a Democratic elections analyst. “That's the idea that people move based on the politics. … Fo…

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