Some people ITT have alluded to this, but I've long held a hypothesis that places with austere conditions that require some amount of personal responsibility keep the worst of the leftists away. For example, states like Alaska, and areas that experience prolonged winter storms.

It's a requirement to be a prepper and have a diesel generator, because your power going out during a storm isn't a chance, it's a certainty. Making sure to run some water so your pipes don't burst, and shoveling snow and salting your driveway are all requirements, unless you like flooded basements and black ice for some reason.

I can't imagine your average lefty city dweller being motivated enough to go through all that when the big cities they already live in cater to them and eliminate a lot of the need to do these things. Additionally, I've heard from countless lefties that, "there's nothing to do" in reference to these states and areas.

But like I said, it's just a hypothesis.