The New York Times has created an interactive visualization showing how domestic migration within the United States contributes to political polarization. The newspaper analyzed public voter registration records of 3.5 million Americans who moved within the country since 2020 to track where Democratic and Republican voters from politically mixed neighborhoods are resettling. According to the visualization, Republicans moved to neighborhoods where President-elect Donald Trump had won by 19 percentage points in 2020, while Democrats were more likely to choose neighborhoods where President Joe Biden had won. The visualization highlights a growing trend of blue neighborhoods becoming bluer and the red ones redder—intensifying geographic political divides across the country.
Visualizing How Domestic Migration Impacts Political Polarization in America
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