Values Voters - Divorce and Murder
Much has been said about the role of “Values
Voters” in electing Bush. This implies that
Bush voters have higher moral values than
non-Bush voters, does it not? And during the
campaign, we often heard about those
“Massachusetts Liberals”, and their lack of
values. So let's consider a couple of things
that I would consider to be related to moral
values, and see how they correlate with election
results.
Let's see, divorce is a Moral Value, isn't it?
Divorce Rates, by State, and how they voted
in the 2004 Presidential Election.
Arranged Lowest Divorce Rate to Highest.
1 Massachusetts 2.4 Kerry
2 Connecticut 2.8 Kerry
3 New Jersey 3.0 Kerry
4 Rhode Island 3.2 Kerry
5 New York 3.3 Kerry
6 Pennsylvania 3.3 Kerry
7 Wisconsin 3.4 Kerry
8 North Dakota 3.4 Bush
9 Maryland 3.5 Kerry
10 Minnesota 3.6 Kerry
11 Louisiana 3.6 Bush
12 Illinois 3.7 Kerry
13 District of Columbia 3.9 Kerry
14 Iowa 3.9 Bush
15 Nebraska 4.0 Bush
16 Vermont 4.0 Kerry
17 Michigan 4.1 Kerry
18 South Dakota 4.2 Bush
19 South Carolina 4.2 Bush
20 Hawaii 4.2 Kerry
21 California 4.3 Kerry
22 Maine 4.4 Kerry
23 New Hampshire 4.4 Kerry
24 Ohio 4.5 Bush
25 Virginia 4.6 Bush
26 Kansas 4.7 Bush
27 Utah 4.7 Bush
28 Delaware 4.8 Kerry
29 Montana 4.9 Bush
30 Missouri 5.0 Bush
31 West Virginia 5.0 Bush
32 North Carolina 5.1 Bush
33 Colorado 5.1 Bush
34 Georgia 5.2 Bush
35 Oregon 5.3 Kerry
36 Texas 5.4 Bush
37 Alaska 5.5 Bush
38 Washington 5.6 Kerry
39 Mississippi 5.7 Bush
40 Kentucky 5.8 Bush
41 Arizona 5.8 Bush
42 Florida 5.9 Bush
43 New Mexico 6.0 Bush
44 Idaho 6.2 Bush
45 Alabama 6.2 Bush
46 Indiana 6.6 Bush
47 Wyoming 6.5 Bush
48 Tennessee 6.6 Bush
49 Oklahoma 6.7 Bush
50 Arkansas 7.1 Bush
51 Nevada 9.0 Bush
Divorce statistics from Divorce Magazine,
compiled from Center for Disease Control,
National Center for Health Statistics.
Election Results from CNN.
Fourteen of the 20 states with the lowest
divorce rates voted for Kerry.
Nineteen of the 20 states with the highest
divorce rates voted for Bush.
OK, so “Values Voters” have higher divorce rates.
What else is there? Well, how about murder,
that's a Moral Value, too, isn't it?
Murder Rate, by State, and how they voted in
the 2004 Presidential Election.
Arranged from highest murder rate to lowest.
1 Louisiana 13.0 Bush
2 Maryland 9.5 Kerry
3 Mississippi 9.3 Bush
4 Nevada 8.8 Bush
5 Arizona 7.9 Bush
6 Georgia 7.6 Bush
7 South Carolina 7.2 Bush
8 Illinois 7.1 Kerry
9 California 6.8 Kerry
10 Tennessee 6.8 Bush
11 Alabama 6.6 Bush
12 Arkansas 6.4 Bush
13 Texas 6.4 Bush
14 Michigan 6.1 Kerry
15 North Carolina 6.1 Bush
16 Alaska 6.0 Bush
17 New Mexico 6.0 Bush
18 Oklahoma 5.9 Bush
19 Virginia 5.6 Bush
20 Indiana 5.5 Bush
21 Florida 5.4 Bush
22 Pennsylvania 5.3 Kerry
23 Missouri 5.0 Bush
24 New York 4.9 Kerry
25 New Jersey 4.7 Kerry
26 Kentucky 4.6 Bush
27 Ohio 4.6 Bush
28 Kansas 4.5 Bush
29 Colorado 3.9 Bush
30 West Virginia 3.5 Bush
31 Montana 3.3 Bush
32 Wisconsin 3.3 Kerry
33 Nebraska 3.2 Bush
34 Connecticut 3.0 Kerry
35 Washington 3.0 Kerry
36 Delaware 2.9 Kerry
37 Wyoming 2.8 Bush
38 Minnesota 2.5 Kerry
39 Utah 2.5 Bush
40 Rhode Island 2.3 Kerry
41 Vermont 2.3 Kerry
42 Massachusetts 2.2 Kerry
43 North Dakota 1.9 Bush
44 Oregon 1.9 Kerry
45 Idaho 1.8 Bush
46 Hawaii 1.7 Kerry
47 Iowa 1.6 Bush
48 New Hampshire 1.4 Kerry
49 South Dakota 1.3 Bush
50 Maine 1.2 Kerry
Murder Rate Source: FBI Uniform Crime Statistics for 2003.
Election Results from CNN.
Seven of the 10 states with the highest murder
rate voted for Bush.
Sixteen of the 20 states with the highest murder
rate voted for Bush.
Six of the 10 states with the lowest murder rate
voted for Kerry.
Twelve of the 20 states with the lowest murder
rate voted for Kerry.
posted by Jim Allyn at 5/21/2005 11:57:00 PM
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