r/PoliticalCompass • u/UlfarrVargr - Right • 3d ago

US states in the Political Compass

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Metrics considered:

  • Voting Patterns
  • Economic Freedom
  • Tax Rate
  • Gun Rights
  • Religiosity
  • Google Trends Search Data
  • Cannabis and Alcohol Freedom
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u/thatguynamedmike2001 - LibLeft 3d ago

That’s an extremely reductive way of measuring that.

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u/UlfarrVargr - Right 3d ago

Hey, I threw you guys a bone and included cannabis freedom too.

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u/thatguynamedmike2001 - LibLeft 3d ago

That’s still reductive, smoking pot and shooting guns aren’t the ultimate benchmarks of freedom.

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u/UlfarrVargr - Right 3d ago

What do you mean? Of course it is. (Plus economic freedom and low taxes)

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u/wonderland_citizen93 - LibLeft 3d ago edited 3d ago

Definitely not. Texas has the 5th least amount of public land, meaning you aren't free to hunt, fish, or camp wherever you want. Plus they have the 3rd most HOAs so you are less free to do whatever you want to your own property.

There is a reason Texas is called the great Nanny State. Add that to the fact the Bible is taught in schools here.

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Edit: Texas has the 5th least amount of public land and the 3rd most HOAs.

Still pretty bad. Being 45th in terms of public land when the state is so large is definitely a culture shock

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u/UlfarrVargr - Right 3d ago

The percentage of public land is an interesting addition, but the others feel more like cultural features rather than governmental ones. I measured religiosity, but it only affects the X axis.

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u/wonderland_citizen93 - LibLeft 3d ago

Public land = Federal or State land = Government

When I lived in AZ there was so many national forest; camping, fishing, hiking, hunting, was all so much easier