Looking at the Demographics in Rich and Poor States

We’re all seen graphics that remind us that blue states tend to be far wealthier that red states; one of which is at the left.  Note that all the wealthiest top six states voted for Harris in 2024, and all the poorest eight voted for Trump.

Why is this?  I’m not sure there is a solid answer, other than the obvious: educated people tend a) to be affluent, and b) to vote against would-be authoritarians like Trump.

What do you notice when you drive through California?  NVidia, Apple, Google (Alphabet), Facebook (Meta), Visa, Netflix, Uber, Disney, Wells Fargo, Cisco, Salesforce, Hewlett-Packard, and Adobe, to name a few.

If you’ve ever driven through “Trump country,” i.e., the southern, mid-western and plains states, you’ve seen that such financial and industrial giants are hard to come by.