U.S. State Political Traits

Politics Summaries

Red States vs. Blue States Summary
2008 Election Results

Colorado and New Mexico seem strangely out of place.
But all the rest look about right.

Here is a summary comparison of some politico-personal traits of the United States, by state. Blue Democratic States and Red Republican States are compared on the basis of electoral votes, senators, personal income, college graduates, IQ, apocalyptic religion and gun ownership.

IN GENERAL -

	Electoral Votes	# of Demo. Senators	# of Repub. Senators	Wobbly States % Difference	Geo- loc.	Econo.	Ideology	Age	Alleged Stereotype Philosophical Orientation	Attributed Stereotype Characteristics	NRA
Red States	246	21	37	-	Rural	Poor	Conservative Dogmatic	Old Regressive No change	Religious Less school Creationism Capitalistic	Afraid Bellicose Militaristic Apocalyptic Isolated	Guns 44.4%
Blue States	289	32 (+2 I)	8	-	Urban	Moneyed	Liberal Open minded	New Progressive Change	Scientific Educated Evolution Socialistic	Academic Intellectual Diplomatic Peace seeking (more contact with outside world)	Less guns 27.3%
		55	45
60	50	50	50	100	35	55	80	70	90	90	50

The Red States have been referred to as Jesusland and Bubba Land.
 The Blue States have been referred to as the United States of Canada.

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Alabama

9

39

60

32,404

-

22.7

95.7

90

-6

46.1

31.7

Alaska

3

40

58

40,352

-

24.0

99.0

98

-1

-

57.8

Arizona

10

45

54

33,029

-

26.0

97.4

94

-3

20.0

31.1

Arkansas

6

 -

39

59

30,060

-

17.4

97.5

92

-5

44.0

55.3

Colorado

9

2

53

45

41,042

-

36.0

101.6

99

-3

25.0

34.7

6

Georgia

15

46

53

33,457

-

25.0

98.0

92

-6

32.7

40.3

7

Idaho

4

36

62

31,197

-

22.5

101.4

87

-14

25.1

55.3

8

Indiana

11

50

49

33,616

-

22.2

101.7

94

-8

31.0

39.1

9

Iowa

7

54

45

35,023

-

24.6

103.2

99

-4

25.4

42.8

10

Kansas

6

42

57

36,768

-

31.0

102.8

96

-7

34.3

42.1

Kentucky

8

41

58

31,111

-

21.3

99.4

92

-7

37.0

47.7

Louisiana

9

40

59

34,756

-

22.3

95.3

90

-5

22.0

44.1

Mississippi

6

43

57

28,845

-

19.3

94.2

85

-9

35.6

55.3

Missouri

11

34,389

-

26.6

101.0

98

-3

27.0

41.7

Montana

3

-

47

50

32,458

-

24.9

103.4

90

-13

30.0

57.7

16

Nebraska

5

41

57

36,471

-

26.8

102.3

95

-7

25.2

38.6

17

Nevada

5

56

42

40,480

-

21.2

96.5

99

+2

20.0

33.8

18

New Mexico

5

2

57

42

31,474

-

23.7

95.7

92

-4

18.0

34.8

19

North Carolina

15

1

50

49

33,636

-

23.8

100.2

93

-7

40.0

41.3

20

North Dakota

3

-

45

53

34,846

-

25.2

103.8

92

-12

16.2

50.7

Ohio

20

51

48

34,874

-

25.0

101.8

99

-3

25.0

32.4

Oklahoma

7

34

66

34,153

-

24.3

99.3

90

-9

46.3

42.9

South Carolina

8

45

54

31,013

-

22.3

98.4

89

-9

36.4

42.3

South Dakota

3

44

54

33,905

-

23.9

102.8

90

-13

25.0

56.6

Tennessee

11

42

57

33,280

-

23.5

97.7

94

-4

47.0

43.9

26

Texas

34

44

55

37,187

-

24.7

100.0

92

-8

25.0

35.9

27

Utah

5

35

62

31,189

-

28.4

101.1

87

-14

8.2

43.9

28

West Virginia

5

-

43

56

29,537

-

15.3

98.7

93

-6

44.2

55.4

29

Wyoming

3

33

65

43,226

-

20.7

102.4

89

-13

26.0

59.7

TOTAL =

21

37

Averages =

-

-

Number of Senators =

The Red States have 37 Republican senators, vs. 21 Democratic senators (1.8 : 1 ratio).
There are 1.8 Republican senators for each Democratic senator.

Sept. 10th Spread =
Sept. 24th Spread =
Oct.   8th Spread =
Oct. 21st Spread =
Oct. 28th Spread =
ELECTION RESULT =

McCain led Obama by an average of 14 points in the Red States (53% - 39%).
McCain led Obama by an average of 14 points in the Red States (54% - 40%).
McCain led Obama by an average of 11 points in the Red States (53% - 42%).
McCain led Obama by an average of 10 points in the Red States (52% - 42%).
McCain led Obama by an average of   9 points in the Red States (51% - 42%).
McCain led Obama by . . . . . . . . . . . 10 points in the Red States (54% - 44%).

Income =

Note the STRONG correlation between Red States and LOW income!
Average income = $41,183 - $34.202 = $6,981 Lower!

Red State High Income Exceptions -
Alaska - - - - BIG OIL pays big salaries
Colorado - - Denver and Colorado Springs HIGH TECH industry
Nevada - - - Las Vegas, Reno, Carson City GAMBLING PROFITS
Wyoming - High salary MINING?

Graduates =

Red States have a significantly LOWER college graduate rate by 5.6% (29.6% - 24.0%).

Average IQ =

McDaniels Data - 1.5 points LOWER than Blue States average
Ravens IQ Data - 11 points LOWER than Blue States average

Religion =

There are FAR MORE Evangelicals in the Red States - 29.9 vs. 19.5 in the Blue States.

Guns =

Gun ownership is FAR HIGHER among Red States - 20 states over 40%. Average = 44.4 %

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40

40

40

40

80

50

60

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60

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California

55

59

39

41,571

-

29.8

95.5

101

+5

15.0

21.3

Connecticut

7

60

39

54,117

-

33.5

103.1

113

+10

7.3

16.7

Delaware

3

62

37

40,608

-

28.1

100.4

103

+3

26.0

25.5

Florida

27

51

49

38,444

-

25.8

98.4

98

24.6

24.5

Hawaii

4

74

25

39,239

-

27.0

95.6

106

+10

-

8.7

6

Illinois

21

61

38

40,322

-

28.1

99.9

104

+4

22.5

20.2

7

Maine

4

58

40

33,722

-

23.7

103.4

100

-3

25.7

40.5

8

Maryland

10

60

39

46,021

-

37.2

99.7

105

+5

16.2

21.3

9

Massachusetts

12

62

36

49,082

-

37.6

104.3

111

+7

10.6

12.6

10

Michigan

17

57

42

35,086

-

23.3

100.5

99

-2

25.0

38.4

Minnesota

10

54

44

41,034

-

32.7

103.7

102

-2

25.2

41.7

New Hampshire

4

1

55

44

41,512

-

34.0

104.2

105

+1

22.3

30.0

New Jersey

15

57

42

49,194

-

33.4

102.8

111

+8

9.7

12.3

New York

31

62

37

47,385

-

29.6

100.7

109

+8

8.0

18.0

Oregon

7

56

42

34,784

-

26.4

101.2

99

-2

27.8

39.8

16

Pennsylvania

21

55

44

38,788

-

24.8

101.5

101

21.5

34.7

17

Rhode Island

4

63

35

39,463

-

27.6

99.5

107

+7

6.7

12.8

18

Vermont

3

67

32

36,670

-

31.3

103.8

102

-2

16.0

42.0

19

Virginia

13

2

52

48

41,347

-

34.2

101.9

100

-2

32.7

35.1

20

Washington

11

55

43

40,414

-

28.8

101.9

102

24.3

33.1

Wisconsin

10

56

43

36,047

-

24.1

102.9

100

-3

22.5

44.4

TOTAL =

32

8

Averages =

-

-

Number of Senators =

The Blue States have 32 Democratic senators, vs. 8 Republican senators (4 : 1 ratio).
There are 4.0 Democratic senators for each Republican senator.

Sept. 10th Spread =
Sept. 24th Spread =
Oct.   8th Spread =
Oct. 21st Spread =
Oct. 28th Spread =
ELECTION RESULT =

Obama led McCain by an average of   9 points in the Blue States (50% - 41%).
Obama led McCain by an average of 10 points in the Blue States (52% - 42%).
Obama led McCain by an average of 13 points in the Blue States (53% - 40%).
Obama led McCain by an average of 17 points in the Blue States (55% - 38%).
Obama led McCain by an average of 18 points in the Blue States (55% - 37%).
Obama led McCain by . . . . . . . . . . . 19 points in the Blue States (59% - 40%).

Income =

Note the STRONG correlation between Blue States and HIGH income!
Average income = $41,183 - $34.202 = $6,981 Higher!

Blue State High Income Exceptions -
Maine, Michigan, Oregon, Vermont

Graduates =

Blue States have a significantly HIGHER college graduate rate by 5.6% (29.6% - 24.0%).

Average IQ =

McDaniels Data - 1.5 points HIGHER than Red States average
Ravens IQ Data - 11 points HIGHER than Red States average

Religion =

There are FAR FEWER Evangelicals in the Blue States - 19.5 vs. 29.9 in the Red States.

Guns =

Gun ownership is FAR LOWER among Blue States - only 4 states over 40%. Average = 27.3 %

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Disclaimer: Statements made on this page are those of the author, and his alone.
No other individual or entity is responsible for this content.
All data summarized is believed to be correct. Links are provided to the data sources, at the top of each column.

Fact Check.org
The least intelligent people, by state*, elected our president in 2004.
BUT NOT in 2008!

*This does not imply that YOU personally, are, or are not, intelligent. We are talking "average" here.

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