Because what liberal is dying to move to the state of Oklahoma? Same reason why Florida and Texas cities aren’t as blue as similar sized cities.
TX suburbs are seeing a large influx of people moving from CA though (that, of course, is the biggest reason the DFW suburbs are swinging so hard left).
Is there any evidence that at least 50% of these people coming to Texas from California are not Republicans, though? You could have your standard leftward swings of college-educated women in places like Dallas or Houston and combine that with Republican-leaning transplants fleeing high-tax California and still see a similar Democratic trend that we have seen...
Some of it is anecdotal and based on my personal experience. My own family seriously considered moving from Pleasanton, CA, to Southlake, TX, back in 2021, and both my parents (as well as now myself) are staunch Democrats. The major pull factor for TX (at least, in the case of my family) is not lower taxes as much as the much lower cost of living that TX has to offer; that's naturally going to appeal to even the most loyal liberal Democrats.
Also keep in mind that there's a growing Asian population in particular in some of the suburbs - which was one of the reasons my family would have been willing to move to TX - and that population is doubtless solidly Democratic.
Are staunch Democrats under the impression that by moving to Texas and voting Democrats into power who will raise taxes that this won't increase the cost of living in Texas past where it is now?? Lol.
TX voting Democratic will not suddenly make property rates anywhere near what they are in CA rn, lmao. If some shift in property value does occur, it will certainly occur gradually enough, and I don't suspect it will come close to CA prices for a long time.
Vancouver is expensive(to name a non U.S. city) for the same geographical reasons. It has nothing to do with "raising taxes".
