Problem is red states are the center for crime by a long shot , they are all welfare states and they pay way less in taxes than they receive back from the fed . And it is the blue states that are paying for the red states . They are by fare the worst educated dumbest, poorest, most criminals white supremacist populated , worst places to raise children especially girls, the rape numbers are through the ceiling. Gun deaths are the highest in the country, homicide is the highest in the country. and crime across the boards are the highest in the country. Compared to blue states.
Top 10 welfare states:
New Mexico - 21,317 per 100k (Blue)
Louisiana - 17,670 per 100k (Blue)
West Virginia - 17,419 per 100k (mixed)
Mississippi - 15,031 per 100k (Red)
Oklahoma - 14,317 per 100k (Red)
Illinois - 14,257 per 100k (Blue)
Alabama - 14,097 per 100k (Red)
Oregon - 13,828 per 100k (Blue)
Red states don't receive back more than they pay in if you remove items that cannot be attributed to state government or are present because of location, like military bases and spending, national parks, monuments, forests, BLM range land, and the like. Dropping all those things, you end up with the Red states again being the takers.
The states with the best education systems
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/education
1. Florida (Red)
2. New Jersey (Blue)
3. Massachusetts (Blue)
4. Colorado (mixed)
5. Utah (Red)
6. Wisconsin (mixed)
7. Nebraska (Red)
8. Connecticut (Blue)
9. New York (Blue)
10 Washington (Blue)
Gun crime
https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/gun-violence-by-state
Based on the number of gun deaths per capita in 2019 alone, states with the most gun violence are:
Alaska - 24.4 (Red)
Mississippi - 24.2 (Red)
Wyoming - 22.3 (Red)
New Mexico 22.3 (Blue)
Alabama - 22.2 (Red)
Louisiana - 22.1 (Blue)
Missouri - 20.6 (Red)
South Carolina - 19.9 (Mixed)
Gun crime corresponds more closely to Black and Native American population than political affiliation.
So, actually, it's the Blue states that are generally the most fucked up, not the Red ones.