A big part of what drives the spending is poverty. The poorer States in the Union receive more tax dollars back because they have more people on welfare, more kids getting free school lunchs, more residents using Medicare/Medicaid etc. The top-ten highest per capita income States are all "Blue". The bottom-ten are all "Red."
I love agenda-driven statistics.
Break the states down by county now. See what you come up with.
“A big part of what drives the spending is poverty.”
You know, a lot of us grew up poor, but happy. We didn’t need all the “necessaries” we enjoy today, BIG house, two cars in every garage, daily trips to the market and fast food, too.
We didn’t realize we were poverty stricken until the government told us we were.