Look at the 2016 election county map. MA is really thoroughly blue. Having a (relatively) politically homogeneous state minimizes the amount of people who fin

Look at the 2016 election county map. MA is really thoroughly blue. Having a (relatively) politically homogeneous state minimizes the amount of people who find the actions of a powerful state government to be distasteful. Also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_In_Name_Only https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_In_Name_Only