NATIONAL 2004 Generosity Index 2004

On 11/15/04 8:49 PM, in article
, "Weisse Luft"
wrote:


http://lonestartimes.com/index.php?id=0,488,0,0,1,0
http://www.catalogueforphilanthropy.....php?year=2004

Red and Blue in Charity Too
David_Benzion
News reports today are filled with results from the latest "Generosity
Index", an annual survey created by the Catalogue of Philanthropy that
measures what people in a particular state give to charity in relation
to what they have to give.

The index is created by averaging the adjusted income of a state's
residents and comparing that to the value of itemized charitable
donations reported on their tax returns for the latest year available
(in this case, 2002).

Looking at the full results, I think I noticed a pattern-- see if you
can pick up on it (I'll give you little hints in parenthesis):

The "Most Charitable" States:

1. Mississippi (Bush +20)
2. Arkansas (Bush +9)
3. Oklahoma (Bush +32)
4. Louisiana (Bush +15)

The "Least Charitable" States:

47. New Jersey (Kerry +7)
48. Rhode Island (Kerry +21)
49. Massachusetts (Kerry +25)
50. New Hampshire (Kerry +1)

My circumstances today don't permit a deeper analysis, but to the naked
eye the pattern seems to hold throughout much of the remaining index--
states that went for Bush are more likely to be near the top of the
charitable list, while those that went for Kerry more likely to be near
the bottom.

I guess this is that whole "values" thing people are talking about,
huh?