Republican party is run by the rich, their base is poor whites who are propagandized by culture wars (read abortion, black welfare queens, gays etc).
Not all, a lot of Trump support is from racists, Neo-Nazis and low intellect wingers feeling persecuted by a more liberal culture.
The Comptroller study found that the 15 major military installations located in Texas generate more than $136.6 billion in economic activity here each year, and add $81.4 billion to our gross state product (Exhibit 1). They also generate $48.1 billion in annual personal income and support, directly and indirectly, nearly 806,000 Texas jobs.
Without military bases boosting their economies red states would be even bigger takers than they already are.
Why don't we move all the military bases up to blue states and see how they like it. We will start by moving everything in Fayetteville up to a suburb of New York City and see how much they support it in their own backyard.
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar with a long employment history with the defense industry finds that military bases are good for Texas. How amusing. Too bad he sucks at math -- except for his biased math.
"The military presence and defense contracts pumped more than $8.7 billion into the Louisiana economy during the 2012 fiscal year, with almost one third of the money tied to bases and activities in the New Orleans area, according to a summary of a long-sought economic impact analysis commissioned by the state. About 82,700 Louisiana jobs -- or about 4.35 percent of the state’s employment -- are tied to the military, and the workforce generated $287 million in state and local taxes in fiscal 2012, according to the study."
http://www.nola.com/military/index....ending_key_piece_of.html#incart_more_business Military spending key piece of Louisiana economy The Naval Air Station-Joint Reserve Base in Belle Chasse is one of Louisiana’s economic engines, contributing a portion of the $2.4 billion in direct contract spending in the state by Defense Department entities and the U.S. Coast Guard, according to a summary of a new economic study The study, commissioned by the Louisiana Economic Development, has not been released publicly. Almost 24,000 military retirees report living in Louisiana. They received more than $597 million the 2012 fiscal year, according to the study. The study looks at total economic effect, total direct contract spending and the total economic effect for military retirees living in the state. Combined with “induced effects,” the total economic effect on Louisiana was almost $5.2 billion, according to the summary. Fort Polk, the sprawling U.S. Army post in rural west-central Louisiana, is ranked at the top of the military installations in the state, according to the private group Fort Polk Progress, which announced the summary and reportedly helped pay for the study. The base contributes almost 16,000 jobs and almost $600 million in payroll to the state, according to the report. About $1.3 billion in spending in the state was tied to Fort Polk in the 2012 fiscal year. The state claimed a victory earlier this year to head off the Army’s proposal to reduce Fort Polk dramatically. The study looks at seven military installations and activities in the state, including Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City. U.S. Navy officials at the Belle Chasse air station have for years said the installation ranks as the fifth top employer in the state, a finding the study reportedly confirms.The economic impact study “confirms what our city has always known: Fort Polk is our economy,” Leesville Mayor Robert Rose said in the Fort Polk Progress release. The Louisiana Military Advisory Council , a 25-member group whose members are appointed by Gov. Bobby Jindal, reviewed the “economic impact analysis” on Monday.
https://www.nccommerce.com/Portals/47/Publications/Industry Reports/2015-Economic-Impact-of-the-Military-on-North-Carolina.pdf