The survey saw respondents somewhat divided when it comes to their choices of an area to live when choosing between urban (18 percent), suburban (31 percent), and rural (22 percent) areas or a small town (26 percent).
Most respondents, 57 percent, said they lived in a state other than California, Texas, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania, or Illinois. Respondents were then asked to choose which state they would move to if they had the choice. Options included California, Texas, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania, and Illinois, as well as “some other state.”
Florida got the highest percentage of all the specific states listed, as 18 percent said they would move to the Sunshine State. California followed seven points behind with 11 percent choosing the Golden State, followed by New York (10 percent), Texas (9 percent), Pennsylvania (6 percent), and Illinois (4 percent). Over one-third, 37 percent, said “some other state.”
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Florida is also the leading choice of the specific states listed for Republicans (26 percent) and independents (15 percent), and tied for the second choice with Democrats (14 percent). Given a chance to relocate, 31% of Pennsylvanians, 20% of Illinois residents, and 16% of New Yorkers would choose Florida. There is very little trade-off by Floridians, just seven (7%) of whom would rather live in New York, four percent (4%) would rather Pennsylvania, and none of whom (0%) would move to Illinois if given a chance.
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If given the choice to live in any state, 26% of Republicans would choose Florida, as would 14% of Democrats and 15% of those unaffiliated with either major party. Fourteen percent (14%) of Democrats would pick California, but just nine percent (9%) of Republicans and 11% of the unaffiliated share that preference. And while 16% of Democrats say they’d rather live in New York, only five percent (5%) of Republicans and eight percent (8%) of unaffiliated would prefer to be New Yorkers if they could live in any state they wanted.
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Florida is the best state of 24% of blacks, 15% of whites, and 21% of other minorities. Given the choice, 10% of whites and blacks and 15% of other minorities would move to California. Only eight percent (8%) of whites, but 13% of blacks and other minorities, would rather live in New York.
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The survey follows Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) continually thrusting the Sunshine State into the national spotlight due to his determined pursuit of what has been dubbed freedom first policies — from standing up against vaccine mandates to halting woke indoctrination of children in classrooms.
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