[RightOnline]

"This is primarily because blue states on average are wealthier than red states."

...but is that really true any more? I don't know. I do know that Americans are fleeing CA, NY, and other blue-bastions in droves. Same with businesses; a trend that has been going on for years.

[Sherman Logan]

Average income of the different states is pretty easy to find. They change pretty slowly.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_income

Interestingly, the rank order varies pretty dramatically between median household income and per capita income.

For instance, Florida is #6 in per capita income and #37 in median household income. I expect the logical explanation is the smaller average size of a household in Florida, perhaps due to the large number of retirees.

[Sherman Logan]

Well, CA just hit number one for poverty rate, at least using the latest way of calculating it.

[twoputt]

I discovered this morning 900,000 people have left The Peoples Republic of Illinois over the last 15 years. I am soon to be another one.