SEATTLE, Oct. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- (NASDAQ: RDFN)
— Forty-two percent of U.S. residents would be hesitant to move to
an area where most people have political views different from their
own, up from 32% in June, according to a new report from Redfin
(redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate brokerage. That's
the highest share since 2017, when Redfin began posing this
question to survey respondents.
This is according to a survey of more than 3,000 U.S. residents
that Redfin conducted in October, a month before the 2020
presidential election. Redfin compared the results with findings of
similar past surveys, the most recent of which Redfin conducted in
late spring. The spring survey was launched on May 21, four days before George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer, and ended on
June 8, as racial justice protests
were underway across the country.
"With political signs lining the front yards of homes across
America, house hunters can't escape the political views of their
prospective neighbors," said Redfin chief economist Daryl Fairweather. "While living among
like-minded people is important to many homebuyers, key concerns
like affordability and space are more likely to be the deciding
factors in the homebuying process—especially as remote work gives
families the freedom to leave dense, expensive cities in search of
bigger homes and better value during the pandemic."
An October Redfin analysis found that more people moved from
blue (Democratic-leaning) to red (Republican-leaning) counties than
from red to blue counties in the spring, as families seeking
affordability and space fled politically liberal areas.
When broken down by who respondents intend to vote for in the
2020 U.S. presidential election, Donald
Trump and Joe Biden voters
were equally as likely to express skepticism about moving to a
place where they'd be in the political minority. Forty-five percent
of participants who indicated that they plan to vote for
Joe Biden and 45% of participants
who indicated that they plan to vote for Donald Trump said that they would be hesitant to
move to a place where most residents have different political
views.
More than a quarter of Americans are hesitant to move to a
place where they'd be in the racial, ethnic or religious
minority
A smaller share of survey respondents—28%—said they would be
hesitant to move to a place where most people are of a different
race, ethnicity or religion. That's up from 20% in June.
When broken down by who respondents intend to vote for, Trump
voters were most likely to express skepticism about relocating to
an area where a majority of people look or pray differently. More
than a third (36%) of survey participants who indicated that they
plan to vote for Donald Trump in the
upcoming election said that they would be hesitant to move to a
place where most residents are of a different race, ethnicity or
religion. That compares with less than a quarter (23%) of
participants who indicated that they plan to vote for Joe Biden.
When broken down by race, 29% of white respondents said they
would be hesitant to move to a place where most residents are of a
different race, ethnicity or religion. That compares with 26% of
both Black and Hispanic respondents, and 23% of Asian participants,
though the differences between races were not statistically
significant.
To view the full report, including charts and methodology,
please visit:
https://www.redfin.com/news/moving-political-racial-diversity-survey/.
About Redfin
Redfin (www.redfin.com) is a
technology-powered residential real estate company, redefining real
estate in the consumer's favor in a commission-driven industry. We
do this by integrating every step of the home buying and selling
process and pairing our own agents with our own technology,
creating a service that is faster, better and costs less. We offer
brokerage, iBuying, mortgage, and title services, and we also run
the country's #1 real estate brokerage search site, offering a host
of online tools to consumers, including the Redfin Estimate. We
represent people buying and selling homes in over 90 markets in
the United States and Canada. Since our launch in 2006, we have
saved our customers over $800 million
and we've helped them buy or sell more than 235,000 homes worth
more than $115 billion.
For more information or to contact a local Redfin real estate
agent, visit www.redfin.com. To learn about housing market trends
and download data, visit the Redfin Data Center. To be added to
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