California Is Voted Off the Island

Here are the results of the poll I ran a few days ago asking which state would you most like to see kicked out of the union:

State PCT Votes
California 40.47% 225
Texas 14.21% 79
Mississippi 5.04% 28
Massachusetts 3.42% 19
New York 3.06% 17
Alaska 2.52% 14
Utah 2.52% 14
Arizona 2.34% 13
Alabama 2.16% 12
South Carolina 1.80% 10
Louisiana 1.62% 9
West Virginia 1.62% 9
Hawaii 1.44% 8
Illinois 1.44% 8
Arkansas 1.26% 7
Kansas 1.26% 7
New Jersey 1.26% 7
Ohio 1.26% 7
Florida 1.08% 6
Michigan 1.08% 6
Wyoming 0.90% 5
New Mexico 0.72% 4
Washington 0.72% 4
Connecticut 0.54% 3
Delaware 0.54% 3
Georgia 0.54% 3
Maine 0.54% 3
Nevada 0.54% 3
Oklahoma 0.54% 3
Vermont 0.54% 3
Kentucky 0.36% 2
Maryland 0.36% 2
Missouri 0.36% 2
Oregon 0.36% 2
South Dakota 0.36% 2
Colorado 0.18% 1
Iowa 0.18% 1
Montana 0.18% 1
Nebraska 0.18% 1
New Hampshire 0.18% 1
North Carolina 0.18% 1
Pennsylvania 0.18% 1
Idaho 0% 0
Indiana 0% 0
Minnesota 0% 0
North Dakota 0% 0
Rhode Island 0% 0
Tennessee 0% 0
Virginia 0% 0
Wisconsin 0% 0

With 556 votes in, California was the big winner with just over 40% of the vote. Texas came in a distant second with 14%. Mississippi was third with just over 5%. After that, no other state could get more than 3.5%.

I’m not surprised that California won, but I was a little shocked that states like New York and Florida got so few votes.

If the results were adjusted for each state’s population, then Alaska would be the winner. Our northernmost state had a rate twice as much as #2 Mississippi. Then came Wyoming, Hawaii and California. (Who wants Hawaii out??)

Posted by on November 30th, 2010 at 3:38 pm


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