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September 28, 2004
In the Red with the Fed
The graph below was inspired by this post at Daily Kos saying that Republican states take more money from the federal government than Democratic states.
I took these numbers from The Tax Foundation and crossed them with the latest Newsweek poll.
Red = Republican
Light Red = Republican Leaning
Gray = Swing State
Light Blue = Democrat Leaning
Blue = Democrat
At the top of the graph, North Dakota gets $2.08 for every dollar it sends to Washington (shown as -$1.08). At the bottom, New Jersey gets 62 cents for every dollar (shown as +$0.38).
I'm not sure if this means anything, but it is striking how the two trends synch up.
Posted by dme at September 28, 2004 10:54 PM
Comments
Wow. What a concept.
Now, what are the respective totals for each the Republican, Republican Leaning, Swing, etc, states? I noticed none of the sites actually added up the totals. Are they posted somewhere?
Posted by: Christiane at September 29, 2004 12:02 AM
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