Disparity In America

Since the common thread is that rich people are more likely to vote Republican and poor people are more likely to vote Democrat then why do rich states such as New York, California, and Illinois tend to vote Democrat? According to Andrew Gelman, director of the Applied Statistics Center at Columbia University, “rich people are much more likely than poor people to vote for the Republican presidential candidate...but in rich states (such as Connecticut), income has a very low correlation with vote preference” (Does Wage Predict Your Vote?). Robert Y. Shapiro, former chair of the Department of Political Science at Columbia University, formulated four graphs,showing the years 2000-2004, that demonstrated the relationship between probability of voting Republican and income. In graph one (representing Mississippi) the lines were considerably steep.
From these four graphs income is a better predictor of voting preferences in deeply red states (Thompson). “The red state in this case being Mississipi. In swing states, they are a moderately accurate predictor, and in rich states like Connecticut, everybody is equally (un)likely to vote Republican” (Thompson). Additionally when looking at consumption rates and patterns, blue states that are poor, the red states that are rich (Why Poor States Are…). States such as Illinois and California are generally richer than red states such as Texas and Utah because of their trade, knowledge and finance. The difference between the two is that the states like Texas and Utah, red states, are better at making sure that people have a place to live. This explains why most of the states became redder. The blue states became progressively more red because they were not offering greater standards of living to their citizens, thus making them seem