Why are the top 10 most poverty stricken states "red states"?

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finchmeister08

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Are you a yankee?

These are likely the states with the lowest cost of living as well.

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For one thing the cost of living in those states is much lower than in California, New York etc.

Glad to know it is acknowledged that Trump actually won New Mexico and Georgia and they are red states.

Take out the large dem run cities and see what you get..

The poor are rich in faith - Poverty is a good thing.

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and it was mentioned that rural areas are more poverty stricken that inner cities.

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Poverty rate in Los Angeles is over 20%, NYC at 19%

Try again.

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Louisiana (18.83%)

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Every major population center in Louisiana is run by democrats and has been for decades. We have a two term democrat governor who wields enormous power over the state.

The question should be, why isn’t the state in better shape with so many democrats in positions of power?

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New Mexico is a blue state

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Yep...Democrat has won the last 4 Presidential Elections and 7 of the last 12 in New Mexico. Really it is more like 6 of the last 12...because there was less than 0.1% difference in the 2000 election.