Red State Babylon (Feet of Clay Polling Data)

[roguevalley]

Vanity Fair has complied the following information in their November, 2006 issue about the Morality Police: (In order. Any Blue States with be in caps.)

Ten States With the Highest Incarceration Rates in 2003: Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Oklahoma, Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia, Missouri, Arizona, DELAWARE. (ONE BLUE STATE.)

Ten States With the Highest Female Incarceration Rates in 2003: Mississippi, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Texas, Montana, Idaho, Arizona, Alabama, Nevada, Colorado. (NO BLUE STATES.)

Ten States with the Highest Number of Executions in 2004: Texas, Ohio, Oklahoma, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Nevada. (NO BLUE STATES.)

Fifteen States With Highest Rates of Death By Firearms in 2003: Alaska, Louisiana, New Mexico, Wyoming, Nevada, Alabama, Mississippi, Montana, Arizona, Arizona, South Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia, Georgia, Kentucky. (NO BLUE STATES.)

Fifteen States With the Highest Rates of Suicide in 2003: Wyoming, Alaska, Nevada, Montana, New Mexico, Idaho, OREGON, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, West Virginia, Oklahoma, Arizona, South Dakota, Kentucky. (ONE BLUE STATE.)

Eleven States With the Highest-Grossing Gaming Markets: Nevada, NEW JERSEY, Mississippi, Indiana, Louisiana, ILLINOIS, Missouri, MICHIGAN, Iowa, Colorado, South Dakota. (THREE BLUE STATES.)

Ten States With the Highest Divorce Rates in 2004: Nevada, Arizona, Wyoming, Idaho, West Virginia, Alabama, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Florida. (NO BLUE STATES.)

Ten States With the Highest Illegitimate Birth Rates in 2003: New Mexico, Louisiana, Mississippi, DELAWARE, Arizona, South Carolina, Florida, Nevada, Georgia, Arizona. (ONE BLUE STATE.)

Fifteen States With the Highest Percentage of Obesity: Mississippi, Alabama, West Virginia, Louisiana, Arizona, Kentucky, Texas, Indiana, MICHIGAN, Ohio, South Carolina, Missouri, Oklahoma, Georgia. (ONE BLUE STATE.)

Ten "Smartest States" 2004-2005: VERMONT, CONNECTICUT, MASSACHUSETTS, NEW JERSEY, MAINE, MINNESOTA, Virginia, WISCONSIN, Montana, NEW YORK. (EIGHT BLUE STATES.)

Even though they talk a good show, they don't live it. This should be on the front page.

Vanity Fair's website is www.vanityfair.com. If they don't have the full article this month, they should next.

[unpossibles]

1. awesome. although after today Ohio will be a Blue state... n/t

[roguevalley]

2. I am delighted to hear that. BRAVO, OHIO!

[ReaderSushi]

3. Sweet.

It gets better. The two red states in the smartest states category, Virginia and Montana, seem to be blue fairly rapidly.