Dalmatian90
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parts of MT and Vermont are text book examples of this
It's happening throughout New England -- Vermont was where you first saw the effect; it's why New Hampshire is now blue (commuters from MA primarily), it's behind the increasing blueness of Maine. In Connecticut you can see it most clearly in the hill towns of Litchfield County that have moved from solidly Republican to solidly Democrat. A number of the rural towns in northeastern CT likewise are seeing the impact. It's not the "natives" in the rural areas who are changing their political preferences, although some of our politicians pander to the newcomers. While it's been going on for decades, it's only started to tip the control in recent years.