Which Democrat do you favor?

[KevinTheOmnivore]

Fair enough, but that doesn't change the fact that the Republican Party is likewise a "regional" party.

And the exodus aside, states like California still comprise a large amount of the nation's population, and with our birth rate decreasing, and other factors in California, the state can oinly go down in population from there. And of course people and businesses are going to flock to the places with cheaper taxes....