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Blue Vs. Red: Income Inequality Far Worse In Dem-Run States, New Census Data Shows
The Daily Wire ^ | October 11, 2022 | Luke Rosiak

Posted on 10/12/2022 12:31:20 PM PDT by Twotone

The more liberal a state is, the more likely it is to be home to income inequality, according to a Daily Wire analysis of newly-released Census data.

New York, Connecticut, and California had the biggest gulf between rich and poor, according to a Census Bureau yardstick called the Gini Index that measures how far an area is from “perfect equality (where everyone receives an equal share).” Utah, Indiana, and South Dakota had the least inequality. The Census Bureau’s detailed annual population study, the American Community Survey, was released September 15, and covered 2021.

Although liberals prioritize reducing the “gaps” between people — known more recently as promoting “equity” — a statistical regression shows that the more liberal a state is, the more likely it is to have inequality.

“This shows that all of the things that [Democrats] complain about actually come from Democrat policies,” said David Gordon, a conservative political consultant. “When they complain about poor outcomes for blacks, for example, that is primarily in the areas where they have governed for generations, to catastrophic effect.”

The Daily Wire focused on the 10 most-liberal and 10 most-conservative states by selecting those where one party controlled the legislature and governor’s mansion, and ordering them by the share of state legislature seats controlled by that party. Hawaii was the most liberal state, with 93% Democrats in its legislature, but it was excluded because it is not part of the mainland and is subject to unique economic forces.

That left Rhode Island, with an 87%-Democrat legislature, as the most Democratic state, followed by California, New York, and Delaware. The most conservative state was South Dakota, with a 90%-Republican legislature, followed by Wyoming, North Dakota, and Idaho.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bluestates; incomeinequality; redstates

1 posted on 10/12/2022 12:31:20 PM PDT by Twotone
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To: Twotone

Democrats hate the middle class. It’s really that simple.


2 posted on 10/12/2022 12:34:17 PM PDT by packagingguy
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To: Twotone

It seems counter intuitive, based on how the liberals preach about “equality” and “equity” being major policy goals of theirs.

In places where they are in political power and can implement laws and policies which will promote their goals, the problems are actually worse than in other places.

Interesting........


3 posted on 10/12/2022 12:47:44 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Twotone

Democrats are bad for Blacks. Heck, Democrats are bad for everyone.


4 posted on 10/12/2022 12:50:04 PM PDT by Chgogal (Welcome to Fuhrer Biden's Weaponized Fascist Banana Republic! It's the road to hell.)
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To: Twotone

It’s not the poor or the rich who are moving state to state.


5 posted on 10/12/2022 12:57:46 PM PDT by lurk (u)
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To: Twotone

The very *very* rich like Blue states.


6 posted on 10/12/2022 1:05:18 PM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: Twotone

Another name for it is pay to play. Interesting that the first woman governor in the USA was from Wyoming. Liberal states are not the utopias they claim to be.


7 posted on 10/12/2022 1:10:30 PM PDT by Sam Gamgee
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To: Twotone

The migrants-out-of-Martha’s-Vineyard new speed record tells you all you need to know about liberals.


8 posted on 10/12/2022 1:21:02 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: Twotone

Match the items in this article to the HOMELESS population-—IF you are homeless, there is NO INCOME.....


9 posted on 10/12/2022 1:21:16 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Dilbert San Diego
I live in Connecticut and it's like two different worlds. You can be driving through the most affluent areas with gated mansions but one wrong turn and it's like you enter a third world country. This is especially pronounced in areas around Hartford, New Haven, Waterbury and even Danbury, which is the area I live in.

Nearby Ridgefield has a median family income of nearly $200K and a median home price of $850k. Streets are full of BMWs, Teslas and Lexus's. There is a lunch place there that serves $20 hamburgers. I know only because I ate there. This is one of those super liberal towns with the Black Lives Matter yard sign everywhere. Yet the town is 97% white with only 0.4% black so you are a black man walking through that neighborhood, and you aren't pushing a lawn mower or carrying a leaf blower, you are going to get 911 called on you.

Sad to say but the liberal elite around here are the most racist people I have ever met.

A few towns over from Ridgefield, in Bridgeport, the median family income is under $40K and nearly a quarter of the population is below the poverty line. But even that doesn't tell the whole story. According to 2010 census data, Bridgeport MSA, containing all of Fairfield County, is the most economically unequal region in America, with 57% of the wealth going to the top income quintile

10 posted on 10/12/2022 1:21:20 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (4,170,863 active user on Truth Social)
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To: SamAdams76

Yep, here in Fairfield county we have the most billionaires of any county in the US. Park your Lambo at the country club, pal, and strut right in. Even mere multi-millionaires are welcome!


11 posted on 10/12/2022 1:27:01 PM PDT by proxy_user
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To: SamAdams76; proxy_user

In addition, Connecticut school districts are by town, not by county. Thus some amazing public schools in the wealthy towns are as outstanding as any private school in most places.


12 posted on 10/12/2022 1:42:46 PM PDT by Freee-dame
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To: Freee-dame

Don’t believe the hype. My niece lived in a one of the rich towns with top schools and got good grades. In the tenth grade, my brother discovered her reading skills were poor, and had to tutor her himself:


13 posted on 10/12/2022 2:03:35 PM PDT by proxy_user
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To: Twotone

The Dim goal is to make everyone dependent on Government to survive. You don’t really need much to survive, in all honesty. Therefore everyone will have less. There is still a good amount of people not living on the government dole in Dim states; yet.


14 posted on 10/12/2022 2:08:33 PM PDT by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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To: Twotone

The blue states vote for the Dems they want...maybe they should try voting a Republican in once in a while.


15 posted on 10/12/2022 3:28:01 PM PDT by JoJo354 (I am in mourning for the United States of America.)
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To: Twotone

Bump


16 posted on 10/12/2022 3:55:45 PM PDT by Az Joe (Biden & ChiComs are the enemy, not Putin.)
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