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Would you expect this, too?

http://www.reclaimamerica.org/pages/...asp?story=2228

Most Charitable States Coincide with Voting Patterns
Wednesday, November 17, 2004

By Sam Kastensmidt


Each year, the Catalogue for Philanthropy determined the nation’s most charitable states. To determine which states are most charitable, the organization used 2002 federal income tax returns. The results show a clear correlation with the 2004 Presidential election.

The Methodology

The Catalogue’s generosity index is computed by the following equation:

The state’s average income ranking / the state’s average charitable contribution ranking

The Order of Most Charitable States

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

It would look more favorable to the Kerry camp if a way were devised to report how much of OTHER people's money the Kerry crew likes to "donate."