How the 50 U.S. States Rank in Terms of Education, Political Leaning

The graphic below shows that California, a few of the plains states, the mid-Atlantic, and New England rank highest in terms of educational achievement, and that the Deep South ranks lowest.

It’s interesting that there is a strong correspondence between the educational strength of a state’s citizenry and its appetite for progressive values. Conversely there is a strong correspondence between a state’s educational weakness and its demand to ban abortion and re-elect Trump.