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Question: Which state is most economically right-wing?
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Wyoming
 
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Idaho
 
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Utah
 
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Alabama
 
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Texas
 
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New Hampshire
 
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Other (write in)
 
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Lucius Quintus Cincinatus Lamar
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« on: October 07, 2011, 09:43:32 AM »

I initially said Alabama, but then did some research.  Of the options listed, NH had the lowest percentage of combined taxes (Alaska was the only state lower).  NH has the reputation of the most Libertarian state in the US, so it would not surprise me if they are the most economically right-wing. 
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Lucius Quintus Cincinatus Lamar
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« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2011, 11:09:52 AM »
« Edited: October 07, 2011, 11:14:41 AM by Lucius Quintus Cincinatus Lamar »

I initially said Alabama, but then did some research.  Of the options listed, NH had the lowest percentage of combined taxes (Alaska was the only state lower).  NH has the reputation of the most Libertarian state in the US, so it would not surprise me if they are the most economically right-wing.  

Tax rates are not the only issue in whether or not a state is fiscally conservative. And this question is about the average republican voter not the policy that is in place in a state.

It may not just be tax rates, but if fiscally conservative equals low taxes/spending, then I think it is a fairly good metric.  I did see (at least in 2007) Texas spent the lowest per capita of any state, but is currently running a $10 billion deficit, which I'm not sure is a characteristic of a fiscal conservative.

Also, I guess I didn't understand from the question posed that the inquiry was limited to the republican voters of the state.  However, since both TX and NH state legislatures are overwhelmingly Republican, to the extent those legislators accurately reflect the will of the Republican voters, I would say either NH or possibly TX would be my choice.
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Lucius Quintus Cincinatus Lamar
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« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2011, 01:07:20 PM »


But here is one. Indiana just passed statewide education vouchers. How a policy like that isn't becoming law in Texas, Alabama, etc. when they have had GOP legislatures for a while, I have no idea.


I think voucher systems are more popular in areas with a high percentage of white Catholics.  Public schools have historically been the domain of Protestants and Catholic families paid for parochial schools.  In the South, the division has been on race, not religion.  I'm not sure even Alabama's or Mississippi's legislatures from the 1960s were brazen enough to issue vouchers for students to go to white only academies.  Since the percentage of white Catholics (I say white, because TX does have a high number of Hispanic Catholics) has been historically relatively low in those regions, the impetus for voucher programs probably corresponds.


But again this is about voters here. And New Hampshire still has a lot of Boston suburb liberals.


I've never been to New Hampshire, but have been to Boston a number of times.  It has always been my impression that SE New Hampshire (the Boston suburbs) has been, in recent times, the most conservative part of the state.  Rockingham County went Obama by the smallest margin of any NH county, and went R in '00 and '04. 
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