The recently announced military base closings are not about efficiency or modernization, they are about politics. The winners win and the losers lose; so it has always been and will always be. Here are the numbers, read ’em and weep…
Blue States: 27, 138 jobs lost
Red States: 14,710 jobs gained
Blue States gaining jobs: 8
Blue States losing jobs: 13 (including DC)
Red States gaining jobs: 14
Red States losing jobs: 16
Total of Blue States job gains: 11,351
Total of Red States job gains: 40,328
Total of Blue States job losses: 38,489
Total of Red States job losses: 25,618
Electoral votes of Red States gaining jobs: 171
Electoral votes of Red States losing jobs: 110
Biggest Red State job gainers: Georgia, Texas, Colorado
Biggest Red State job losers: Alaska, South Dakota, Missouri
Number of Blue States gaining more than 1,000 jobs: 1
Number of Red States gaining more than 1,000 jobs: 11
Number of Blue States losing more than 1,000 jobs: 10 (includes DC)
Number of Red States losing more than 1,000 jobs: 8
via the Daily Kos