Whigging Out

Why the Democrats might be doomed:

“We’re taxed more than any other state. People are leaving these kind of states for places where they [don’t] feel the heavy breath of government on them…. It’s not that hard for Democrats to understand this, but they don’t. They seem to be incapable of doing anything about it,” he continued. Klein responded by citing polls showing the reason why people are leaving blue states is “cost of living” and stressed that if the 2030 projections hold, the gains in red states will ultimately allow Republicans to win presidential elections without the blue wall states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. “They are driving people out, working-class families, out of the states they govern because the cost of living is too high,” Klein said, linking it to regulations and taxes. He added, “But the big problem is they just don’t have enough of the things people need, not enough homes, not enough energy, not a government capable of delivering, and they’ve been treating that as not a real problem.”

People are using their feet to beat the elite...