{"id":1628905,"date":"2022-09-01T03:17:40","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T07:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1628905"},"modified":"2022-09-01T03:17:59","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T07:17:59","slug":"exodus-from-blue-states-and-schools-sends-clear-message-voters-dont-share-democrats-vision-for-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exodus-from-blue-states-and-schools-sends-clear-message-voters-dont-share-democrats-vision-for-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Exodus From Blue States And Schools Sends Clear Message: Voters Don\u2019t Share Democrats\u2019 Vision For America"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexodus-from-blue-states-and-schools-sends-clear-message-voters-dont-share-democrats-vision-for-america%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1628905&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>One of my guilty pleasures is hunting down fellow West Coast \u00e9migr\u00e9s \u2014 my church and children\u2019s school are full of them \u2014 to compare notes and trade blue state horror stories. Their anecdotes are not only consistent with my own personal experience, but they\u2019re increasingly bearing out in nationwide data on both interstate migration and public-school enrollment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As the developing picture comes into focus, it seems extraordinary that a population who voted in 2020 with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/factcheck\/2020\/12\/09\/fact-check-joe-biden-won-most-votes-ever-and-fewest-counties\/3865097001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">unprecedented<\/a>\u00a0enthusiasm for the Democratic Party has simultaneously fled with equal gusto the states, cities, and public school systems managed by the Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Population data released by the Census Bureau at the end of 2021 indicated that a massive demographic shift was underway. Nine out of 10 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2021\/2021-population-estimates.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">states<\/a> (including the District of Columbia) with the highest numeric population decline between 2020 and 2021 are controlled by Democrats. The greatest exodus was from New York, California, and Illinois. Democrat-run <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2022\/fastest-growing-cities-population-estimates.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cities<\/a> are also bleeding residents,\u00a0with New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago topping the list.<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, during that same period, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2021\/2021-population-estimates.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">s<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2021\/2021-population-estimates.html\">tates<\/a> with the largest net domestic migration gains were Republican-run Florida, Texas, and Arizona. The top three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2022\/fastest-growing-cities-population-estimates.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cities<\/a> for numeric growth were San Antonio, Phoenix, and Fort Worth. Data provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/Articles\/About\/U-Haul-Growth-Index-Texas-Is-The-No-1-Growth-State-Of-2021-26380\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U-Haul<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/economicgraph.linkedin.com\/resources\/linkedin-workforce-report-june-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a> reveal similar trends.<\/p>\n<p>For anyone during this period who packed up their homes, picked up their families, and took off across the country in search of safety, space, and sanity, the census data merely confirmed their own decision-making process and encouraged them that they weren\u2019t alone.<\/p>\n<p>Now, research by the Economic Innovation Group (EIG) <a href=\"https:\/\/eig.org\/family-exodus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reveals<\/a> that the major cities that experienced pandemic-era population decline lost families at an even faster pace. From July 2020 to July 2021, the number of children under 5 in large urban counties\u00a0fell by 3.7 percent. New York County lost 9.5 percent of its under-5 population. Los Angeles county lost 5.6 percent, and King County (Seattle) lost 4.1 percent.\u00a0According to the researchers, these findings suggest that \u201cthe shoe is yet to drop\u201d in K-12 school districts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We already have some idea of how it\u2019s panning out. Public school enrollment has reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/changing-america\/enrichment\/education\/3604392-nearly-2-million-fewer-students-have-enrolled-in-public-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dropped<\/a> by 4 percent over the last two years. That\u2019s a shortfall of 2 million students. Not surprisingly, the areas that topped the list for population loss are experiencing significant enrollment declines, with elementary school enrollment bearing the brunt of the collapse.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Public school enrollment has plummeted in <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/06\/15\/nyc-public-schools-enrollment-continues-to-decline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York City<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/education\/2022\/07\/13\/dc-schools-enrollment-drop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Washington, D.C.<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/2022\/8\/15\/23306701\/chicago-schools-enrollment-decline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chicago<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonherald.com\/2022\/08\/06\/boston-public-schools-enrollment-has-dropped-14-over-last-five-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Boston<\/a>. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/education\/2022\/02\/portland-public-schools-projecting-huge-enrollment-losses-plans-to-cut-back-staff-in-elementary-middle-schools.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Portland<\/a>, an estimated 20 percent fewer students were expected to enroll in elementary school this fall. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/education-lab\/student-enrollment-in-seattle-continues-to-drop-heres-what-it-means\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Seattle<\/a>, there was a 6.4 percent enrollment drop over the past two years; statewide pre-K and kindergarten enrollment fell by a staggering 22 percent in a single year. California\u2019s public school system <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/how-many-students-in-california-public-school-enrollment-back-to-private\/12120994\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lost<\/a> as many as 110,000 students last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While it makes sense that the jurisdictions hemorrhaging residents would simultaneously see a drop in school enrollment, the top net migration states, <a href=\"https:\/\/tea.texas.gov\/reports-and-data\/school-performance\/accountability-research\/enrollment-trends\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Texas<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fldoe.org\/accountability\/data-sys\/edu-info-accountability-services\/pk-12-public-school-data-pubs-reports\/students.stml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Florida<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azed.gov\/accountability-research\/data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arizona<\/a>, have also seen a significant decline. The drop is spread across multiple counties and school districts of various sizes throughout the state. What\u2019s more, their numbers follow a pattern.<\/p>\n<p>In all three states, enrollment nosedived in the 2020-21 school year, much as it did throughout the country. Numbers then rebounded in the subsequent school year but in no state did enrollment return to 2018-19 levels. Grades eight to 12, almost without exception, saw an increase from both the pandemic slump and pre-pandemic numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Elementary school enrollment, however, tells a different story. Across all three states, 2021-22 enrollment for kindergarten to grade seven was significantly down compared with 2018-19. In Texas, there were roughly 11,000 fewer third graders enrolled. That single cohort lost about 6,500 students since 2019. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fldoe.org\/accountability\/data-sys\/edu-info-accountability-services\/pk-12-public-school-data-pubs-reports\/archive.stml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Florida<\/a>, approximately 11,000 fewer fourth graders were enrolled, and 5,500 had exited that cohort since 2019. Just under 6,000 fewer first graders were enrolled in Florida and just under 3,000 fewer in Arizona. Arizona lost more than 6,500 sixth graders and more than 7,000 fifth graders. Texas is short a breathtaking 27,500 fifth graders and 17,000 sixth graders.<\/p>\n<p>It would seem then that families, particularly those with elementary school children, are leaving not only blue zones in disproportionate numbers but are ditching the public education system in droves. The situation is so dire that outlets such as NPR and The New York Times are scratching their heads and coolly speculating as to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/12\/17\/1065213795\/schools-in-but-the-kids-are-out-why-enrollment-continues-to-drop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">where all the students have gone<\/a> and the reasons behind this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/05\/17\/us\/public-schools-falling-enrollment.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">seismic shift<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In terms of \u201cwhere\u201d the kids have gone, there have been <a href=\"https:\/\/fee.org\/articles\/public-school-enrollment-plummets-as-private-schools-see-gains\/#:~:text=Some%20private%20schools%20are%20seeing%20enrollment%20jumps%20during,that%20their%20enrollment%20has%20grown%20over%20last%20year.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">indications<\/a> of a rise in private school enrollment and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/03\/22\/980149971\/homeschooling-doubled-during-the-pandemic-u-s-census-survey-finds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">homeschooling<\/a>. As for the more important \u201cwhy,\u201d several theories are being tossed around. <a href=\"https:\/\/co.chalkbeat.org\/2021\/5\/18\/22442178\/denver-public-schools-declining-enrollment-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Some<\/a> point to the rising cost of living and housing costs. Others <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/how-many-students-in-california-public-school-enrollment-back-to-private\/12120994\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">attribute<\/a> the change to declining birth rates.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Most blame the pandemic. Covid lockdowns and masking madness certainly had a role to play. The Federalist recently reported on a study that <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/23\/study-the-more-insane-public-schools-were-about-covid-the-more-parents-abandoned-them\/https:\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/23\/study-the-more-insane-public-schools-were-about-covid-the-more-parents-abandoned-them\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">found<\/a> that public school districts with tighter Covid restrictions suffered larger enrollment losses. That said, in South Carolina, which ranked among the highest states for percentage growth according to census data, and where Gov. Henry McMaster <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TinaTerryWSOC9\/status\/1283422387711758336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1283422387711758336%7Ctwgr%5Eb33587a90509191726199009220f4a8c5f59dd1e%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsoctv.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fsc-parents-students-await-mcmasters-school-reopening-plans%2FCGTHUZN625A4ZLOHGHFVHBT7VU%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">forced<\/a> school districts to re-open five days a week for the 2020-21 school year, public school <a href=\"https:\/\/ed.sc.gov\/data\/other\/student-counts\/active-student-headcounts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">enrollment<\/a> in 2021-22 was below pre-pandemic levels in all grades from pre-K to sixth.<\/p>\n<p>There is another possibility, one you won\u2019t hear the intelligentsia pontificating on. It could be that parents have cottoned on to the fact that their school districts are acting as a united front operation for the Democratic Party and its perverted, anti-family, anti-Christian agenda and are getting out. Indeed, if anything can be gleaned from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/poll-florida-parental-rights-support#toggle-gdpr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">support<\/a> for Gov. Ron De Santis\u2019s recently passed parental rights in school legislation, from Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin\u2019s 2021 defeat of his Democratic opponent, Terry \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/10\/terry-mcauliffes-war-on-parents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">parents shouldn\u2019t be telling schools what they should teach<\/a>\u201d McAuliffe, and from the recent electoral <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1562249367628701696\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">overhaul<\/a> of leftist-controlled school boards in Florida, it\u2019s that parents have lost confidence in the public school system.<\/p>\n<p>Parents appear to be fed up with schools that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2021\/10\/12\/parents_slam_loudoun_county_school_board_for_covering_up_transgender_rape_of_9th_grade_girl.html#!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cover up<\/a> brutal rape allegations by gender-fluid students, promote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2263136\/School-class-teaches-white-people-oppressors.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bigotry<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/mynorthwest.com\/2937573\/rantz-teacher-uses-science-class-to-call-white-middle-schoolers-privileged-oppressors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pseudoscience<\/a>, discriminate against <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/05\/25\/teachers-allegedly-told-to-treat-black-students-as-victims-punish-whites\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">children<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.judicialwatch.org\/lawsuit-over-discriminatory-contract\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">teachers<\/a> based on race, and think math is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/education-lab\/new-course-outlines-prompt-conversations-about-identity-race-in-seattle-classrooms-even-in-math\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">racist<\/a>. Parents may be wary of schools that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/community-family\/denver-school-teaches-kindergarteners-to-support-blm-and-disrupt-nuclear-family\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declare<\/a> war on the nuclear family and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/radical-gender-theory-comes-to-the-heartland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">disrupt<\/a> the so-called oppressive \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/radical-gender-theory-comes-to-the-heartland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">heteronormative<\/a> system.\u201d Perhaps parents are sickened by schools that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2021\/12\/16\/2-california-teachers-accused-of-encouraging-students-clandestine-gender-transition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">covertly<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/community-family\/florida-parents-sue-school-district-over-daughters-secret-gender-transition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">groom<\/a> students, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/community-family\/fairfax-schools-teacher-training-student-gender-transitions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">allow<\/a> children as young as pre-school to \u201cchange\u201d their names and gender identity without parental permission, and foist <a href=\"https:\/\/christopherrufo.com\/san-diego-gender-theory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pornographic curriculum<\/a> on innocent young minds.<\/p>\n<p>When the mask slipped, and union hacks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/education\/2022\/01\/11\/nsba-letter-targeting-parents-domestic-terrorists-allegedly-requested-cardona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">plotted<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/10\/05\/merrick-garland-calls-in-fbi-to-counter-threats-against-school-staffers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">schemed<\/a> with Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and Attorney General Merrick Garland to target parents who objected to any of the above as domestic terrorists, a narrative the New Jersey chapter of the National Education Association is still <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycallernewsfoundation.org\/2022\/08\/17\/teachers-union-runs-ad-calling-conservative-parents-extremists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pushing<\/a>, families probably didn\u2019t like what they saw. Maybe parents are leveraging their influence and power not by storming school board meetings but by simply opting out of a garbage system and seeking more wholesome and academically rigorous schooling environments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The outlines are still too vague to describe with certainty the portrait of America being depicted by these population and enrollment data. But as the image becomes clearer, it looks like a widespread rejection of the Democrats\u2019 vision for America, from the states and cities they control, right down to the public schools their Marxist foot soldiers have infiltrated. Americans don\u2019t want what these deranged ideologues are forcing on them and are voting with their feet, with parents of young children leading the way.\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Carina Benton is a dual citizen of Australia and Italy and a permanent resident of the United States. A recent West Coast \u00e9migr\u00e9, she is now helping to repopulate the country\u2019s interior. She holds a master\u2019s degree in education and has taught languages, literature, and writing for many years in Catholic and Christian, as well as secular institutions. 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