Ron DeSantis is accomplishing in Florida what many political pundits previously believed to be impossible.
DeSantis is governing to the Right of almost all other Governors, and gaining popularity in the process.
And now, America’s Governor is offering up one new lesson that blue state leaders would be smart to take seriously.
A two-state solution?
There is a growing divide in America between red states and blue states.
These seemingly irreconcilable differences are leading many to discuss the possibility of a national divorce.
Some advocates even believe a national divorce is the best, and perhaps, only way to avoid an eventual second American civil war.
We need a national divorce.
We need to separate by red states and blue states and shrink the federal government.
Everyone I talk to says this.
From the sick and disgusting woke culture issues shoved down our throats to the Democrat’s traitorous America Last policies, we are…
— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) February 20, 2023
An Ipsos poll from last March found one out of every five Americans support a national divorce, including 25% of Republicans, 20% of independents, and 16% of Democrats.
Around that same time, YouGov released a survey showing that 32% of respondents favor allowing individual states to secede, 43 percent% oppose the concept, and another 25% were undecided.
Meanwhile, in late 2021, the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia found that about 50% of Donald Trump voters and 40% of Joe Biden voters agreed either red or blue states needed to secede from the union and start their own country.
Considering a national divorce, or some derivative of it, is a novel concept that has received almost zero mainstream discussion, which is a formidable starting point.
And with opposite world views, incompatible values, and lopsided outcomes like the one below, it is easy to see why so many Americans want nothing to do with blue states or the politicians who run them.
Red state vs. Blue state
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has released new numbers outlining job creation in the United States by state.
The data was collected from February 2020 to November 2024.
And as The Populist Times reports, there is an obvious trend evident in the statistics.
It turns out red states dominate the top ten.
The top eight spots belong to states with Republican-leanings, in order: Idaho, Utah, Governor Ron DeSantis’ Florida, Texas, Montana, Arizona, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
The purple state of Nevada comes in ninth place, perhaps it is no coincidence the Silver State is trending to the Right.
And Georgia, another red state, rounds out the top ten.
Governor DeSantis has been successful in governing like a true constative in the Sunshine State.
He has gained popularity, and his state has gained population while earning top marks on several similar lists since America’s Governor began implementing his rightward strategy.
With DeSantis proving the model, other Republican heads of state have started following suit and they are leaving the blue states behind.
Red states are booming in terms of manufacturing jobs, economic growth, construction, and population.
Free market ideas just work. Whatever you think of Trump and Harris, we have 40 years of data showing the same thing. https://t.co/2PpagjyStF pic.twitter.com/EKJxQZIJtO
— Richard Hanania (@RichardHanania) October 13, 2024
In fact, the first blue state does not show up on the list until Colorado appears at number 11.
There is an equally glaring, but reverse throughline at the bottom of the BLS job creation rankings.
Of the worst ten states when it comes to job creation, 70% are blue states, including four of the worst five.
Hawaii and Washington D.C. (not a state but included in the BLS data) rank as both two of the bluest areas of the country and the absolute worst at creating jobs.
The red state of Louisiana is the third worst but is not much worse off than the dark blue states of Vermont and Maryland.
Rounding out the bottom ten are West Virginia, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, and Iowa.
Three out of those five have been dominated by Democrats for many years.
Perhaps, if these blue states would follow the DeSantis model they could improve their standings on the list.
DeSantis Daily will keep you up-to-date on any new developments in this story.
