Red states give more money to charity than blue states, according to a new study on Monday.
The eight states with residents who gave the highest share of their income to charity supported Sen.
John McCain in 2008, while the seven states with the least generous residents went for President
Barack Obama, the Chronicle of Philanthropy found in its new
survey of tax data from the IRS for 2008.
The eight states whose residents gave the highest share
of their income — Utah, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, South
Carolina, Idaho, Arkansas and Georgia — all backed McCain in 2008. Utah
leads charitable giving, with 10.6 percent of income given.
And the least generous states — Wisconsin, Connecticut, Rhode Island,
Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire — were Obama supporters
in the last presidential race. New Hampshire residents gave the least
share of their income, the Chronicle stated, with 2.5 percent.
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