...piece in the New Republic, "Blue States are from Scandinavia, Red States are from Guatemala." A taste (my emphasis):
By nearly every measure, people who live in the blue states are
healthier, wealthier, and generally better off than people in the red
states. It’s impossible to prove that this is the direct result of
government spending. But the correlation is hard to dismiss. The four
states with the highest poverty rates are all red: Mississippi,
Louisiana, Alabama, and Texas. (The fifth is New Mexico, which has
turned blue.) And the five states with the lowest poverty rates are all
blue: New Hampshire, New Jersey, Vermont, Minnesota, and Hawaii. The
numbers on infant mortality, life expectancy, teen pregnancy, and
obesity break down in similar ways. A recent study by researchers at the
American Institute for Physics evaluated how well-prepared high
schoolers were for careers in math and science. Massachusetts was best,
followed closely by Minnesota and New Jersey. Mississippi was worst,
along with Louisiana and West Virginia. In fact, it is difficult to find
any indicator of well-being in which red states consistently do better
than blue states.
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