COMMENTARY_ People are voting with their feet

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

People are voting with their feet

New Yorkers who hate bad governance have already flocked to Texas, Florida


Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, right, and his wife Rama Duwaji react to supporters during an election night watch party, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) more >

COMMENTARY

By Michael McKenna - Wednesday, November 5, 2025

OPINION:


I began a recent column by noting that over the last decade, the state of New York had lost approximately 2 million people while New Jersey and Illinois had each lost around 500,000. That is not accurate, and I apologize for the mistake. To be more precise, New York has had 2 million more residents leave the state than have entered it (net out-migration) in the past decade. Similarly, New Jersey and Illinois each have had about 500,000 more residents leave their states for other states than vice versa. The only thing that is propping up the population of these states is immigration (legal or otherwise) from foreign countries. More on that in a bit.

The events in the United States over the past decade have been remarkable. Millions of people have decided that things are so bad and so unlikely to change in their home states that they have given up and moved away. It turns out that, despite the significant costs (both personal and financial) associated with relocating one’s family, state governments can be so misguided as to drive people to that point.

It has not been confined to just the past 10 years.

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