Most conservative state in the country

[Roll Roons]

What is the most conservative state in the country? Most conservative does not necessarily mean most Republican.

[ProgressiveModerate]

Def between LA, MS, and AL imo. All 3 lack anything remotely close to liberal suburbs anywhere and Ds base is heavily dependent on black voters, many of whom are more conservative.

I would first eliminate Louisiana due to New Orleans having some small pokcets of white liberals in the city center and just generally being quite a progressive city known for having culture and LGBTQ stuff.

Between AL and MS, I would choose MS just because Alabama has more cities, and cities such as Huntsville and Birmingham are seeing some degree of industry and population growth; the only notable city Mississippi has is Jackson which is extremely racially polarized and has generally been on the decline.

So Mississippi, even if it tends to vote less R than many of it's southern neighbors.

[Sol]

Idaho.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Idaho.

[Agonized-Statism]

Wyoming. I can see why some people would say Idaho though. It's pretty much a question of whether Boise or Cheyenne is more conservative and whether rural Idaho or Wyoming outweigh their cities. About 7% more Idahoans than Wyomingites are urban and Boise's MSA is at least 7 times larger than Cheyenne's, not to mention about 3% more Wyomingites than Idahoans are "highly religious" according to Pew in 2016, so to me it's no competition. Conservatism doesn't necessarily have to correlate with Republican voting, but in Wyoming's case it happens to. The South may be more religious, but it's not as individualist and more accepting of diversity (could never test this but the Mountain West would probably respond to demographics like the South's very poorly).

[TDAS04]

It's pretty much a question of whether Boise or Cheyenne is more conservative and whether rural Idaho or Wyoming outweigh their cities.

Boise proper is now Democratic, I don't think Cheyenne is.

On the other hand, rural Idaho is probably more right-wing than rural Wyoming.

[It’s so Joever]

Wyoming.

[Samof94]

It's pretty much a question of whether Boise or Cheyenne is more conservative and whether rural Idaho or Wyoming outweigh their cities.

Boise proper is now Democratic, I don't think Cheyenne is.

On the other hand, rural Idaho is probably more right-wing than rural Wyoming.

Lots of Mormons in that state.

[sting in the rafters]

Tbh South Dakota is up there now thanks to King Corn beneficiaries projecting onto welfare queens. Any agricultural solidarity from the 80s which bore Senate Majority Leader prairie #populist Tom Daschle has since been extinguished by post-2016 trendz.

[RINO Tom]

Def between LA, MS, and AL imo. All 3 lack anything remotely close to liberal suburbs anywhere and Ds base is heavily dependent on black voters, many of whom are more conservative.

I would first eliminate Louisiana due to New Orleans having some small pokcets of white liberals in the city center and just generally being quite a progressive city known for having culture and LGBTQ stuff.

Between AL and MS, I would choose MS just because Alabama has more cities, and cities such as Huntsville and Birmingham are seeing some degree of industry and population growth; the only notable city Mississippi has is Jackson which is extremely racially polarized and has generally been on the decline.

So Mississippi, even if it tends to vote less R than many of it's southern neighbors.

This reads like you think (A) culture is inherently conservative and (B) declining cities are inherently conservative.  The first one is ironic given many on the right are a lot more adamant about defending traditional aspects of our country's culture, and the second one just seems to wreak of a weird bias.  You want to see a declining city?  Go to Gary, Indiana or Flint, Michigan ... they're not conservative, lol.

Using the OP's prompt, a state that has communitarian leanings is fundamentally less conservative than one that is less that way, regardless of how Republican each state is.  My answer is Wyoming.