Texas Win: Why the Lone Star State Is Winning the Great Sorting
Texas Win: Why the Lone Star State Is Winning the Great Sorting By Ward Clark | 7:00 PM on July 26, 2026 The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com. RoschetzkyIstockPhoto/iStock/Getty Images Plus I've been writing and talking about what I call the Great Sorting for some time now. This is pulling the nation into two opposing camps: Business-friendly, prosperous, free, conservative, and business-hostile, floundering, restricted, and "progressive," or increasingly (I'm looking at you, New York City) outright communist.
- ▪Texas Win: Why the Lone Star State Is Winning the Great Sorting By Ward Clark | 7:00 PM on July 26, 2026 The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com.
- ▪RoschetzkyIstockPhoto/iStock/Getty Images Plus I've been writing and talking about what I call the Great Sorting for some time now.
- ▪This is pulling the nation into two opposing camps: Business-friendly, prosperous, free, conservative, and business-hostile, floundering, restricted, and "progressive," or increasingly (I'm looking at you, New York City) outright communist.
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Texas Win: Why the Lone Star State Is Winning the Great Sorting By Ward Clark | 7:00 PM on July 26, 2026 The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com. RoschetzkyIstockPhoto/iStock/Getty Images Plus I've been writing and talking about what I call the Great Sorting for some time now. This is pulling the nation into two opposing camps: Business-friendly, prosperous, free, conservative, and business-hostile, floundering, restricted, and "progressive," or increasingly (I'm looking at you, New York City) outright communist. This has economic and political implications, and it's largely the latter driving the former.
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