Mostly accurate but a Few things are off. drug addiction is west Virginia a red state. highest illiteracy rate while true can be accounted for a high population of non english speakers just like new mexico. Louisiana is tied with New Mexico in second place
The three lowest states for child literacy is Louisiana, Mississippi, and New Mexico
Mississippi is often cited as the state with the highest poverty rate, with figures around 18.8% to 19.4%
Washington has highest retail theft
Mississippi, North Carolina, and Georgia are cited for having the lowest worker protections,
parties ideologies switched over time especially around fdr.
the Republicans used to be the progressives and the southern Democrats were the conservatives though the northern Democrats tended to be a bit liberal as well. which is partly why the ideologies switched a bit