Meaning of leftugee | Babel Free

Definitions

One who leaves a liberal blue state to live in a conservative red state, (often) doing so in favour of fewer regulations and lower taxes.

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“Just as a refugee resettles to escape⟳ hardship, a leftugee does so to flee⟳ the punitive financial environment created in their state by big government.”

“But the fact that leftugees move⟳ in pursuit of more-affordable housing or to escape⟳ chronic traffic jams does not mean⟳ they all prefer⟳ a pure “red” policy model⟳ of low taxes and fewer services. To the contrary, blue-state migrants may nudge the politics of their new homes — and the new congressional districts to be drawn around them — leftward, while avoiding the worst liberal excesses they left behind.”

“There's dispute over whether the newcomers will change⟳ state politics in the South, as they may have⟳ in North Carolina, which elected a Democratic governor in 2016, or are “leftugees” fleeing liberal policies who will embrace conservatism.”

“Forbes.com had a stark March⟳ 2021 headline for what's happening around the country: “America's Mass Migration Intensifies as ‘Leftugees’ Flee⟳ Blue States and Counties for Red.””

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