Political Party Contributions Ratio
Total Political Contributions to Republicans divided by Total Political Contributions to Democrats
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More white means weighted in favor of Democrat contributions.
More orange means weighted in favor of Republican contributions.
| Rank | Region | Total Political Contributions to Republicans | ÷ | Total Political Contributions to Democrats | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mississippi | 12,762,163.44 | ÷ | 3,599,584.56 | 3.55 |
| 2 | Utah | 10,755,384.75 | ÷ | 3,585,128.25 | 3.00 |
| 3 | South Dakota | 4,206,419.40 | ÷ | 1,828,878.00 | 2.30 |
| 4 | Alabama | 17,198,799.24 | ÷ | 7,726,996.76 | 2.23 |
| 5 | Tennessee | 23,451,442.20 | ÷ | 10,691,098.65 | 2.19 |
| 6 | South Carolina | 11,962,234.27 | ÷ | 5,713,305.92 | 2.09 |
| 7 | Nebraska | 6,414,061.42 | ÷ | 3,159,164.58 | 2.03 |
| 8 | Idaho | 3,587,530.32 | ÷ | 1,793,765.16 | 2.00 |
| 9 | Kansas | 10,701,558.78 | ÷ | 5,512,924.22 | 1.94 |
| 10 | Oklahoma | 12,209,383.56 | ÷ | 6,289,682.44 | 1.94 |
| 11 | Wyoming | 4,509,970.08 | ÷ | 2,323,317.92 | 1.94 |
| 12 | Arizona | 26,539,334.64 | ÷ | 15,586,593.36 | 1.70 |
| 13 | Louisiana | 19,678,599.12 | ÷ | 11,743,680.12 | 1.68 |
| 14 | Texas | 113,840,780.40 | ÷ | 69,773,381.56 | 1.63 |
| 15 | Ohio | 35,473,813.13 | ÷ | 24,651,293.87 | 1.44 |
| 16 | Indiana | 12,933,039.52 | ÷ | 9,142,321.04 | 1.41 |
| 17 | Nevada | 15,042,244.32 | ÷ | 10,892,659.68 | 1.38 |
| 18 | Georgia | 33,365,839.80 | ÷ | 24,161,470.20 | 1.38 |
| 19 | North Dakota | 998,370.96 | ÷ | 753,157.04 | 1.33 |
| 20 | Florida | 88,249,784.88 | ÷ | 66,574,399.12 | 1.33 |
| 21 | Missouri | 19,799,451.84 | ÷ | 15,556,712.16 | 1.27 |
| 22 | Kentucky | 14,598,404.15 | ÷ | 11,944,148.85 | 1.22 |
| 23 | Wisconsin | 10,584,686.71 | ÷ | 9,386,420.29 | 1.13 |
| 24 | Alaska | 3,094,857.48 | ÷ | 2,912,807.04 | 1.06 |
| 25 | Michigan | 23,869,579.00 | ÷ | 23,392,187.42 | 1.02 |
| 26 | Virginia | 72,923,657.00 | ÷ | 72,923,657.00 | 1.00 |
| 27 | Minnesota | 19,353,582.43 | ÷ | 20,143,524.57 | 0.96 |
| 28 | New Hampshire | 5,425,178.88 | ÷ | 5,877,277.12 | 0.92 |
| 29 | North Carolina | 20,768,118.72 | ÷ | 22,498,795.28 | 0.92 |
| 30 | Iowa | 5,290,678.50 | ÷ | 6,210,796.50 | 0.85 |
| 31 | Pennsylvania | 36,817,132.95 | ÷ | 44,998,718.05 | 0.82 |
| 32 | Colorado | 23,119,607.70 | ÷ | 28,257,298.30 | 0.82 |
| 33 | Arkansas | 6,087,115.80 | ÷ | 7,439,808.20 | 0.82 |
| 34 | West Virginia | 2,784,324.40 | ÷ | 3,543,685.60 | 0.79 |
| 35 | Delaware | 2,995,198.36 | ÷ | 3,812,070.64 | 0.79 |
| 36 | Oregon | 9,565,050.18 | ÷ | 13,208,878.82 | 0.72 |
| 37 | Connecticut | 21,971,786.02 | ÷ | 31,617,935.98 | 0.69 |
| 38 | New Jersey | 29,188,440.06 | ÷ | 45,653,713.94 | 0.64 |
| 39 | Montana | 1,712,042.67 | ÷ | 2,677,810.33 | 0.64 |
| 40 | Illinois | 48,172,687.98 | ÷ | 82,023,766.02 | 0.59 |
| 41 | California | 125,123,432.40 | ÷ | 232,372,088.70 | 0.54 |
| 42 | Maine | 3,345,855.68 | ÷ | 6,396,488.80 | 0.52 |
| 43 | Washington | 15,638,118.78 | ÷ | 30,356,348.22 | 0.52 |
| 44 | District of Columbia | 72,019,929.60 | ÷ | 153,042,350.40 | 0.47 |
| 45 | New Mexico | 8,922,778.88 | ÷ | 18,960,905.12 | 0.47 |
| 46 | Hawaii | 2,441,177.40 | ÷ | 5,614,708.02 | 0.43 |
| 47 | Maryland | 20,601,914.76 | ÷ | 52,976,352.24 | 0.39 |
| 48 | New York | 71,880,036.02 | ÷ | 204,581,641.00 | 0.35 |
| 49 | Massachusetts | 20,417,182.75 | ÷ | 61,251,548.25 | 0.33 |
| 50 | Rhode Island | 1,420,100.43 | ÷ | 5,274,658.74 | 0.27 |
| 51 | Vermont | 927,968.63 | ÷ | 4,530,670.37 | 0.20 |


Comments
What's going on in virginia that it's an exact 1.0 ratio?
Northern Virginia looks a lot like the urban Northeast. South and west Virginia looks a lot like rural Georgia. They balance out.
I think what the GOOD reason for the question is that it appears both the Democratic and Republican parties received the EXACT same amount of contributions at 72,923,657.00.
I would agree that statistically, I would be shocked if that really occured. I suspect the dataset is NOT correct and that it is a cut-and-paste error of the data or some other factor from data provided by OpenSecrets.org
It turns out the culprit is the precision of the dataset. If you look at: http://www.opensecrets.org/bigpicture/statetotals.php?cycle=2008
To get the Total Contributions to Republicans and Democrats for VA, you'll need to take the total contributions for VA and multiply it by the percent that went to each party ( In Virginia's case 50% to 50%). The Mashups are only as good as the data :(
I'd like to see a slightly more complex chart where states are ranked as a function of their distance from 1(balanced). I guess you would have to express that as
min/max
and not
Dem/Rep
That way the map would represent states where party affiliation is evenly funded (hotly contested?) while Orange would represent where party affiliation is funded in one direction. Is there a plan to express a more complex calculation? Possibly in JavaScript or Ruby? Even without that, this site is amazing.
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