McKinney, Texas, is ground zero for the migration of voters from California to Texas over the past several years.On Election Day, it is these newcomers who may well tip the balance not just in the Senate and governor's races.They may also decide whether the once ruby red Lone Star State will continue to grow bluer.I met Oren at The Celt on the picture-postcard town square, where we played a friendly game of pool.
He moved from California about a year ago "because it’s a lot cheaper to live" but is voting for Democrats because he believes that Texas needs "more social services and public transit" and more support for transgender kids.When I gently tried to press Oren on the apparent illogic of moving away from a high-tax, big-government blue state for reasons of cost only to vote to make his new home a high-tax, big-government state, he was unmoved, almost arguing that real California progressivism has never been tried.Blue state residents are fleeing places like California for red states.(iStock)FOX NEWS POLL: TEXAS SENATE RACE GALLOPING TOWARD A PHOTO FINISHIt turns out that Oren was not as much of an outlier as I had expected because, not long after, I met Daniel, who works at a local restaurant and moved to McKinney a few years ago with his best friend and girlfriend to start a business.
He has also proudly brought his politics with him."It’s in the Constitution," Daniel told Fox News Digital."We can go anywhere we want.
It's meant to be that way."When I asked him if he could understand why so many people born and raised in Texas are worried about transplants changing its politics, he shrugged and said, "Things change."California is facing an ongoing exodus of residents, taxpayers and businesses to lower-cost states such as Texas.(David Paul Morris/Bloomberg/Getty Images)JOE ROGAN WARNS LIBERALS AGAINST TRYING TO TURN TEXAS BLUE, SAYS IT WOULD WRECK THE STATE'S 'DELICATE BALANCE'In the space of about five hours, I met two more refugees from California pre...