Ridgerunner,

I used to cite that charitable giving thing by state the way you did, too, but there is an alternate methodology that shows a much more even red-blue distribution:

http://www.forbes.com/realestate/2005/11/23/most-charitable-states-cx_lh_1125home_ls.html

And it’s worth remembering that even my native state of Massachusetts has a lot of Dems who are not liberals.

It’s smarter to use the giving info when people say “oh, republicans don’t give to charity” (just happened to me in August) and cite both studies than to try to paint the blue staters as hostile to charity.