I am wondering if there is any selection of what is presented. Are there stats you calculate where the liberal states do worse? Anything you calculate where there is no difference? Those datum would be interesting too.
And thanks for doing this.

Now, as to what Isaac said, perhaps in conservative or Republican states, the exurbanites and rural people do outnumber the city dwellers. Perhaps the tight-fisted voters prevent adequate funding of social services. And that may be why the outcomes are worse.

In liberal states, the cities are also the hubs of crime and problems, but they also have the voters. Consequently, money is spent in the cities to mitigate problems.

This is just a wild hypothesis folks.

For example, most of the crime and poverty in Alabama is concentrated in Montgomery, Birmingham, and Mobile. These municipalities show up as blue spots in an otherwise red state. If you discount them, the conservative states outshine the “blue states” in nearly every category you used.

Using a broader category (states instead of counties, in this case) is a classic abuse of statistics. I can’t really comment on the presidential administration statistics because they are so silly as a concept. You know that presidents don’t handle America’s budget, right? Congress does.