These are dismal statistics. It is more dismal to note that all but one of these states is in the South which dependably votes Republican. How people can be induced to vote against their own self interest is the major triumph of the GOP over the past 30 years. It is accomplished with the use of wedge issues that paint the divide in moral and cultural terms.
In my home state of Kentucky the median income is $42,000 which I find odd because I know lots of people who make less. Kentucky has the 6th highest rate of poverty and 15.5% of the people lack health insurance. This belies the fact that roughly 1/2 of the population receives Medicare or Medicaid.
Bob, I can't see the chart.
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