Alaska most patriotic state in the country, study says

[mystery-ak]

Alaska most patriotic state in the country, study says
The same study found that Arkansas is the least patriotic state.

by Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech | June 20, 2022


Story at a glance

    Wallet Hub released a report Monday ranking the most and least patriotic states.

    The personal finance website ranked Alaska as the most patriotic state in the nation and Arkansas as the least patriotic.

    Each state’s patriotism ranking was based on the average of 13 graded indicators like veterans per capita, Peace Corp member per capita and the percentage of adults who voted during the 2020 presidential election.

Alaska was ranked as the most patriotic state in the country in a new report from Wallet Hub published Monday. 

Patriotism is a difficult concept to quantify, so the personal finance website compared each state across 13 indicators of patriotism including veterans per capita, average number of military enlistees, Peace Corp members per capita and percentage of adult residents who voted in the 2020 presidential election. 

All 13 indicators fell into one of two categories, military engagement, and civic engagement, according to the Wallet Hub. 

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https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/arts-culture/3530258-alaska-most-patriotic-state-in-the-country-study-says/

[libertybele]

I find this hard to believe considering they elected Murkowski.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

They are, after all, the closest to our enemies

[jmyrlefuller]

I find this hard to believe considering they elected Murkowski.

Well, the patriotic ones tend to fall into the category of rural, northern states. The least patriotic ones tend to be from the Deep South or urban Northeast.

But I had to laugh at this claim:

On average, “Blue” states, or those that tend to vote in support of the Democratic party, were more patriotic than “red” states, according to the report. 

Considering one of the criteria was "percentage of people who voted in the 2020 election," and that the ballots were stuffed pretty heavily in that contest in those same blue states, WalletHub has a garbage-in-garbage-out problem.

[libertybele]

Well, the patriotic ones tend to fall into the category of rural, northern states. The least patriotic ones tend to be from the Deep South or urban Northeast.

But I had to laugh at this claim: Considering one of the criteria was "percentage of people who voted in the 2020 election," and that the ballots were stuffed pretty heavily in that contest in those same blue states, WalletHub has a garbage-in-garbage-out problem.

 

[IsailedawayfromFR]

On average, “Blue” states, or those that tend to vote in support of the Democratic party,

The article is pure ficton, as there is no such thing as a Democratic party.