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U-Haul’s Election Lesson

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Posted By: 4250Luis, 1/19/2026 3:36:20 PM

Pennsylvania is hemorrhaging residents and resources. And it’s been happening for years. The recent U-Haul Growth Index shows that people are voting with their feet against Pennsylvania and other purple and blue states that have become inhospitable as places to live, work, and raise a family. And these out-migrators are heading to redder states that welcome them. In 2025, Texas, Florida, North Carolina, and Tennessee topped U-Haul’s ‘in-migration’ states, measured by one-way customer moves. Meanwhile, Pennsylvania ranked an abysmal 44th. The impact of losing friends and families—and their wealth—to other states should be the canary in the coal mine for Pennsylvanians getting ready for another election year in 2026.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: mobyclik 1/19/2026 3:39:31 PM (No. 2057272)
It all boils down to: ''Democrats are still destroying everything they touch.''
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Reply 2 - Posted by: JimBob 1/19/2026 4:32:26 PM (No. 2057297)
Normal people leaving PA and other 'Rat states is just fine with the 'Rats. After all, they will happily burn everything down just so long as they get to rule over the ashes.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: kdog 1/19/2026 4:53:17 PM (No. 2057307)
The poison pill is the feeling in PA that the vote counting is being criminally manipulated in Philadelphia and Allegheny County. Every statewide election including US Senate seats is being stolen by Democrats.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Strike3 1/19/2026 6:40:01 PM (No. 2057359)
We were just discussing it today. Shapiro has gone too far and so have local taxing bodies.
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