Blue State = Unemployment?
I’m not affiliated with either party. But I am curious.
How strong is the correlation between the margins of victory for Democratic candidates and the current level of unemployment?
Current Levels of unemployment
Visually there seems to be some correlation. New York seems to be an exception. Maybe Alaska too. So it might not perfectly correlate.
I’m curious if the strength of public sector employee unions matters. Does a Democratic state allow strong public sector employee unions to grow? (yes). And if so what is the long term prognosis for those government entities (state and local)? I think the answer is obvious. The coming collapse of the Municipal Bond market might give some indication of the level of crisis in the spend more than you tax states.
Again just wondering what voting for “Big Government” does to a state in the long run. Obviously California is the poster child for socialist welfare state disaster. But how does New York fare? Our relatively poor state of South Dakota has very low unemployment. If you discarded the data from the Native American Reservations our unemployment would be significantly lower (employment on the reservation is always low).
Disclaimer: I’m a social and economic libertarian.
