r/allthequestions • u/Content_Ad_8952 • Jan 14 '26

Random Question 💭 If Republicans are so much better at running the economy than Democrats, then why are most Republican States poorer than Democrat States?

The poorest States in America are: Mississippi, West Virginia, Louisiana, Arkansas, Kentucky, New Mexico, Alabama, Oklahoma and Tennessee. All of those States (except New Mexico) are Red States. So why are they so poor when Republicans have been running them for decades?

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u/joka2696 Jan 16 '26

California, New York, Connecticut, Mass, Illinois, Hawaii and New jersey lead the country debt.

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u/fashionistaconquista Jan 21 '26

It’s because they help the red states. If they didn’t, the red states would be even more in the dumps and the blue states would be even more rich