The same thought has crossed my mind but if one looks at the "blue" areas in the last elections, the map seems to resemble the growth and the decay in a biological laboratory petri dish. I don't know much about the Puritans but assuming they were a conservative influence on the founding of MA, it does seem strange that their influence would not still be felt.
Puritan influence of the US is very strong - even is MASS. It molded our form of government.
Then they took G_D out of the equation, and ... well, the whole expiriment went bad.