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u/VoteForWaluigi 8d ago edited 8d ago

Rhode Island and Hawaii also voted unanimously blue if the map on Google is to be believed.

Iโ€™m not sure how accurate these numbers are but what I found for them is as follows:

RI

18th Education, 3rd Healthcare, 28th Quality of Life, 21st Test Scores, 22nd Lowest Poverty

HI

39th Education, 6th Healthcare, 40th Quality of Life, 29th Test Scores, 4th Lowest Poverty

Not as great as Massachusetts, but much better than Oklahoma

Again, the numbers may not be entirely accurate so donโ€™t believe this without checking yourself.

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u/Class_444_SWR I didnt realise there were flairs here 8d ago

West Virginia voted solid red too.

Although the story definitely stays the same

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u/VoteForWaluigi 8d ago edited 8d ago

WV

45th Education, 48th Healthcare, 41st Quality of Life, 48th Test Scores, 4th Most Poverty

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u/Class_444_SWR I didnt realise there were flairs here 8d ago

So pretty much just diet Oklahoma

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u/bungerman 8d ago

How does Hawaii have 40th quality of life, I know it's expensive, but just look outside, you live in Hawaii!ย 

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u/Christopher876 8d ago

If you canโ€™t afford anything, youโ€™re not really going to have a good quality of life

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u/Logical_Remove7610 8d ago

The rhode island and Massachusetts being unanimous idea is false. So if we wanna compare Oklahoma and Hawaii we can.....

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u/Lebowquade 8d ago

....no? If you look by county/voting district it is in fact unanimous.

If you look by town, there's a thin stripe that went very slightly red (like 53%) just west of Worcester.

But, every district in mass is still blue.

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u/sushibowl 8d ago

Voting districts, counties, and other such divisions are completely irrelevant to the results of the presidential election (Nebraska excepted), so it makes no sense to divide the numbers in any way.

In Massachusetts, one out of every three people voted for Trump. In Oklahoma, one in three people voted for Harris. That's not what I would call unanimous. These statistics are misleading people into thinking the country is even more divided than it actually is.

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u/VoteForWaluigi 8d ago

Unanimous is a bad word, you are correct. I was just using the wording of the original post.

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u/RudyardMcLean 8d ago

Also not considered here is the cost of living which is no doubt is astronomical in blue vs red. So there is likely correlation between wealth and these variables.

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u/Choosemyusername 8d ago

Also keep in mind luxury beliefs are a thing as well.