Most socially liberal Bush state

[Republican Michigander]

I'll go out on a limb and say my home-state of Ohio. There are a lot of social liberals around Ohio. Most of us are just staunch economic conservatives that vote accordingly.

I would say Ohio is one of the most libertarian states in the country.

This suprises me; I've always thought of Ohio as a populist leaning state.

I agree from what I've seen. Columbus and Yellow Springs areas are the only social liberal areas I can think of. The Cincy area (Tom Brinkman country) makes my county (Livingston) look almost liberal. Toledo/Cleveland/Akron/Youngstown is union country. The SE part of the state is like West Virginia. The Central/Western interior is like Indiana or West Michigan.

I don't live in Ohio though, so I'm only going on my impressions of my visits and what I've followed.

[Republican Michigander]

As for socially liberal Bush state, it's a tough call. I don't see where any socially liberal states voted for Bush. New Hampshire, Nevada, and Colorado have libertarian streaks, but I don't consider that liberal. They don't like government much, and I consider that more conservative in the 1994 sense. I'd have to go with Iowa. It's more moderate than anything else.