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Living the Red life basically sucks donkey balls...
In red states in 2001, there were 572,000 divorces … Blue states recorded 340,000 …
In the same year, 11 red states had higher rates of divorce than any blue state …
In each of the red states of Louisiana, Mississippi, and New Mexico, 46.3 percent of all births were to unwed mothers …
In blue states, on average, that percentage was 31.7 …
Delaware has the highest rate of births to teenage mothers among all blue states, yet 17 red states have a higher rate …
Of those red states, 15 have at least twice the rate as that of Massachusetts …
There were more than 100 teen pregnancies per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 in 5 red states in 2002 …
None of the blue states had rates that high …
The rate of teen births declined in 46 states from 1988 to 2000 …
It climbed in 3 red states and saw no change in another …
The per capita rate of violent crime in red states is 421 per 100,000 …
In blue states, it's 372 per 100,000 …
The per capita rate of murder and non-negligent manslaughter in Louisiana is 13 per 100,000 …
In Maine, it's 1.2 per 100,000 …
As of 2000, 37 states had statewide policies or procedures to address domestic violence …
All 13 that didn't were red states …
The 5 states with the highest rates of alcohol dependence or abuse are red states …
The 5 states with the highest rates of alcohol dependence or abuse among 12- to 17-year-olds are also red states …
The per capita rate of methamphetamine-lab seizures in California is 2 per 100,000 …
In Arkansas, it's 20 per 100,000 …
The number of meth-lab seizures in red states increased by 38 percent from 1999 to 2003 …
In the same time frame, it decreased by 38 percent in blue states …
Residents of the all-red Mountain States are the most likely to have had 3 or more sexual partners in the previous year …
Residents of all-blue New England are the least likely to have had more than 1 partner in that span …
In the same year, 11 red states had higher rates of divorce than any blue state …
In each of the red states of Louisiana, Mississippi, and New Mexico, 46.3 percent of all births were to unwed mothers …
In blue states, on average, that percentage was 31.7 …
Delaware has the highest rate of births to teenage mothers among all blue states, yet 17 red states have a higher rate …
Of those red states, 15 have at least twice the rate as that of Massachusetts …
There were more than 100 teen pregnancies per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 in 5 red states in 2002 …
None of the blue states had rates that high …
The rate of teen births declined in 46 states from 1988 to 2000 …
It climbed in 3 red states and saw no change in another …
The per capita rate of violent crime in red states is 421 per 100,000 …
In blue states, it's 372 per 100,000 …
The per capita rate of murder and non-negligent manslaughter in Louisiana is 13 per 100,000 …
In Maine, it's 1.2 per 100,000 …
As of 2000, 37 states had statewide policies or procedures to address domestic violence …
All 13 that didn't were red states …
The 5 states with the highest rates of alcohol dependence or abuse are red states …
The 5 states with the highest rates of alcohol dependence or abuse among 12- to 17-year-olds are also red states …
The per capita rate of methamphetamine-lab seizures in California is 2 per 100,000 …
In Arkansas, it's 20 per 100,000 …
The number of meth-lab seizures in red states increased by 38 percent from 1999 to 2003 …
In the same time frame, it decreased by 38 percent in blue states …
Residents of the all-red Mountain States are the most likely to have had 3 or more sexual partners in the previous year …
Residents of all-blue New England are the least likely to have had more than 1 partner in that span …