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I'd like to see the p-value on states' political lean vs the size of their economy. Looking at the top 10 state economies on your list, 3 are swing states and 3

I'd like to see the p-value on states' political lean vs the size of their economy. Looking at the top 10 state economies on your list, 3 are swing states and 3 are red states, leaving only 4 (far from "pretty much all") as blue states. Even looking 10 states further down, into the top 20, adds 5 red states, 3 swing states, and only 2 blue states.

dumbfoundded 6y ago
Your framing of the list is more than a bit disingenuous. 4/5 of the top economies are blue. 6/10 are blue, 1/10 is a swing state, and 3/10 are red (1). When you dive a bit deeper, you can also see that all 3 red states border much bigger and richer blue states (Utah -> Colorado, Idaho -> Washington/Oregon, Arizona -> California). Perhaps a better way is to break it down by district (2). If you look at the house of representatives and sum up the GDP by party, democrats account for ~$10T and republicans account for ~$6T. (1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_states_and_blue_states https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_states_and_blue_states (2) https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/15/charts-democrats-represent-modern-economy-republicans-left-behind.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/15/charts-democrats-represent-m...
- jonfw 6y ago
  What if we looked at things like tax rate and cost of living? People make more money in California, but they also spend more on housing, taxes, food, gas, etc.
  - dumbfoundded 6y ago
    If you look at quality of life indicators instead of economic strength, California certainly falls more than a bit but the red/blue divide grows even larger (1). From purely a quality of life standpoint, 8 of the best 10 are blue and 8 out of the worst 10 are red. (1) https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings
    - jonfw 6y ago
      Trying to build rankings of something like 'quality of life' seems pretty dense

dumbfoundded 6y ago

Your framing of the list is more than a bit disingenuous. 4/5 of the top economies are blue. 6/10 are blue, 1/10 is a swing state, and 3/10 are red (1). When you dive a bit deeper, you can also see that all 3 red states border much bigger and richer blue states (Utah -> Colorado, Idaho -> Washington/Oregon, Arizona -> California). Perhaps a better way is to break it down by district (2). If you look at the house of representatives and sum up the GDP by party, democrats account for ~$10T and republicans account for ~$6T. (1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_states_and_blue_states https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_states_and_blue_states (2) https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/15/charts-democrats-represent-modern-economy-republicans-left-behind.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/15/charts-democrats-represent-m...

jonfw 6y ago
What if we looked at things like tax rate and cost of living? People make more money in California, but they also spend more on housing, taxes, food, gas, etc.
- dumbfoundded 6y ago
  If you look at quality of life indicators instead of economic strength, California certainly falls more than a bit but the red/blue divide grows even larger (1). From purely a quality of life standpoint, 8 of the best 10 are blue and 8 out of the worst 10 are red. (1) https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings
  - jonfw 6y ago
    Trying to build rankings of something like 'quality of life' seems pretty dense