In Trip Planning Is There a Red State Versus Blue State Divide?
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In 2017, Americans' travel aspirations may reflect the country's political divide. We're still waiting to see how Trump's promises to tighten national borders will affect the trips people book this year.
The United States is still deeply conflicted over the recent presidential election, and could this lingering partisan divide affect Americans' travel plans for 2017?
While other factors are undoubtedly in play, a recent study by Hitwise analyzed Americans’ 2017 travel searches and found that by and large, residents of traditionally Republican states in the Deep South and swing states in the Rust Belt were overwhelmingly planning short-haul domestic trips.
Meanwhile, residents of traditionally Democratic states in the Northeast and on the West Coast were less likely to plan domestic trips, with data suggesting they leaned toward long-haul, in
