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Kudos to Susan Milligan of the Globe for conveying what we have been documenting here for a while now - that the National GOP has left behind traditional New England Republican values, that in addition to the natives going blue, we are getting an influx of highly educated, politically active Democrats moving to the state, that the ones moving up from "Taxachussetts" within commuting distance form Boston are actually GOoPers by and large, and this:
Republicans, too, say their party has veered from its roots. Rick Russman, a 60-year-old lawyer and environmental activist in Kingston, wonders what happened to the party of Nelson Rockefeller and former New Hampshire senator Warren Rudman - Republicans who believed in fiscal restraint and small government.
"A lot of the [national] Republicans have tried to hold on to the right. Democrats have tried to move to the center," said Russman. But Russman, who describes himself as "pro-choice, pro-death penalty, pro-gun and pro-hunting" and a committed Republican, is thinking of supporting Shaheen for Senate.
"I want to see the Republican party come back to the values that Warren Rudman represented," Russman said. But "a lot of my friends have left the Republican party," he said.
But you should read the whole thing - it's worth discussing.
Sunday Update: The Hartford Courant wrote about the same phenomenon (a regular BH reader informs me, though I can't seem to find more than the Google News link) but from a fascinating angle - apparently the influx of active retirees to the state is also playing a significant role in our trend towards Democrats:
As they reach retirement age, so-called amenities migrants are eschewing the traffic-clogged, overbuilt havens of Florida and Arizona for the mountain vistas or coastal charms of places like New Hampshire and southern Maine. For a generation that plans to remain both physically and culturally active well into their 80s, attractions like nearby universities, medical centers and hiking and skiing trails sway the choice about where to live.
..."It's been fascinating to watch New Hampshire politics since I moved here from Ohio in 1999," said pollster Andrew Smith, the director of the University of New Hampshire's Survey Center. "To some extent, the tax refugees from Massachusetts settling in the southern part of the state have kept us somewhat Republican, but there's also been a huge influx of retirees and other migrants from Northeast states like New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
"They were Democrats where they came from, and they stay Democrats once they get here. In five to 10 years, this state will be solidly Democratic after years of Republican dominance."
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