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685327593 t1_iu1aps8 wrote

Really all just boils down to the progressive nature of the tax code. Lower income states pat less than higher income ones do. However that isn't as useful for drawing political conclusions as people would like to believe because there's no adjustment for cost of living. Blue states generally have higher incomes.. but also higher costs.

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magnoliamachinations t1_iu1g273 wrote

This is also misleading because many of these states may lean one way federally and another way at a local level.

Louisiana, Virginia, North Carolina, a Colorado, and California all come to mind immediately.

Louisiana has a Democrat as Governor, but all Federal officials are Republicans. It also typically goes Red for President.

Virginia and North Carolina are Swing States. Virginia just voted in a Republican Governor despite going Blue federally in 2020.

California fluctuates at the Governor level, but regularly votes Democrat at the federal level.

Colorado is a split state. The only reason it goes Blue is because of Denver and northern cities. Colorado Springs and nearly all of the Eastern and Western regions are Conservative, with Pueblo being the exception.

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