Base Closings" Red states gain 11,863 jobs,while blue states stand to lose 24,979.

TheDay.com, New London, CT: "The Role Politics Played In Base List Up For Debate | Lieberman, Simmons Doubt Deals Were Made | By TED MANN | Day Staff Writer | & RICHARD RAINEY |Published on 5/14/2005
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While red states like Texas and Georgia would see some vital military bases close, experts said, it is the blue states like Connecticut and California that would lose the most jobs.
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Ladewig Friday analyzed shifts in military and civilian personnel in response to the list of potential closings. In his study, he discovered the net gain of jobs leaned primarily toward states who voted Republican during the 2004 presidential election.

Those states will gain 11,863 jobs, he said, while blue states stand to lose 24,979.