Fascinating read-- Red America vs. Blue America: State Maps lllustrate the Difference

[ailsagirl]

Just stumbled upon this-- lots of interesting data

As Justice Brandeis said, the individual states are laboratories of democratic policy. Instead of doing everything at the federal level and trying to pass standardized policies over diverse populations from different states, our system of government allows states wide latitude to implement their own ideas. Sometimes, these ideas travel to other states or the federal legislature (ex. Massachusetts’s RomneyCare was reborn as the federal ObamaCare) and sometimes they die because they are ineffective.

In this article, I will present many maps, detailing widespread trends including everything from education and health to income equality and happiness. These maps will draw a clear and distinct pattern, where states with conservative leanings tend to have poorer societal outcomes and states with more progressive leanings tend to have better policy outcomes.

…but first, we need to identify conservative and progressive leaning areas.

https://theprogressivecynic.com/2014/08/15/red-america-vs-blue-america-state-maps-illustrate-the-difference/

[dchill]

1. "...you will see...

a remarkable correlation between conservative power and stunted social development."

Yep.

[dhill926]

2. very interesting and informative...

too bad the low information voters will never see or even consider this...

[napi21]

3. The most starteling map was the one of gun deaths by population. NONE of the States the media

talks about where someone gets shot or killed are xx per hour were in the high gun deaths category. Not I;;. with all the talk about Chicago. Not NY while lots slam NYC.

It's a damn shame our media doesn't explain that when broken down by population, gun deaths are much higher in the South.

In fact everything is worse in the South!

[Hoyt]

5. Live in the South. Don't really need a study and maps to tell me. Is interesting to look

at other states.

[SammyWinstonJack]

12. Got to protect those red state voters at all costs. $$$$$ No whammies Big bucks for corporate

America.

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. Fascinating.............n/t

[Elwood P Dowd]

6. Great work on that site.

[littlemissmartypants]

7. Excellent catch ailsagirl.

Thank you. ♡

[ailsagirl]

15. You're most welcome

[zentrum]

8. Thanks for posting.

[anarch]

9. it kind of seems like the deep South never really recovered from the Civil War

and/or the areas controlled by Southern Baptists are pretty much intentionally being kept at a disadvantage in terms of practically all reasonable indicators of societal health.

I'm sure if you measure the right things though, it would look favorable for those areas...like percentage of people who take the Bible literally, or places where people are most effectively racially segregated...favorable, that is, from the "conservative" point of view. The occupants of these areas largely don't care about education, science, and socialistic healthcare...I doubt these type of maps with an obvious liberal bias would resonate with them at all.

[Luciferous]

10. Really interesting, thanks for posting. Looking at those maps makes me think

I should move back to MN!

[annabanana]

11. good to know . . . . n/t

[Initech]

13. Conservatives suck, I think that is the take away here.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

14. Very informative. Thanks for posting. :) n/t

[PatSeg]

16. Some fascinating graphs