Rank States from Left to Right based on "feel"

[progressive85]

1. Massachusetts
2. Vermont
3. California
4. New York
5. Connecticut
6. Maryland
7. New Jersey
8. Rhode Island
9. Washington
10. Colorado
11. Oregon
12. Delaware
13. Hawaii
14. New Hampshire
15. Maine
16. Illinois
17. Nevada
18. New Mexico
19. Pennsylvania
20. Minnesota
21. Alaska
22. Michigan
23. Wisconsin
24. Virginia
25. Arizona
26. Florida
27. Utah
28. Iowa
29. Ohio
30. North Carolina
31. Georgia
32. Montana
33. Indiana
34. Kansas
35. Nebraska
36. South Carolina
37. Wyoming
38. West Virginia
39. Texas
40. Missouri
41. North Dakota
42. South Dakota
43. Kentucky
44. Louisiana
45. Arkansas
46. Alabama
47. Mississippi
48. Idaho
49. Oklahoma
50. Tennessee

I think the vote in the House on the marriage equality bill is a good indicator... A state like Texas feels very conservative/right, but in actuality it probably is much less so overall than it feels.

[progressive85]

I think the vote in the House on the marriage equality bill is a good indicator... A state like Texas feels very conservative/right, but in actuality it probably is much less so overall than it feels.

The trouble with House votes (link) is they do come down to one person's feelings, though they risk hearing about their more controversial choices in the next election. While it would seem that SC is relatively moderate with 2 R yeas out of 6, Mace barely made it through the recent primaries and Rice lost by a lot.

While I didn't reference it for ranking, this poll result about approval of LGBTQ nondiscrimination (link)  is interesting, with NH > VT, UT for the top 3.

Utah's in the top 3 before MA?  That's a surprise.