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For the Fourth of July, WalletHub.com analyzed all 50 states to find out which ones are the most pariotic.
They looked at eight different factors, including military enlistment rates . . . how many people voted in the last election . . . and how often people volunteer. And according to them, the most patriotic state is . . . Virginia.
Tennessee came in 29th by the way.
The rest of the top ten goes Washington, Colorado, Idaho, Alaska, Maine, North Carolina, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Georgia.
The least patriotic state is New York, which has the fewest veterans per capita. It also has the second-lowest number of volunteers, and it’s 46th in voter turnout.
The rest of the ten least patriotic states are New Jersey, Rhode Island, Utah, West Virginia, Arkansas, Connecticut, Illinois, Louisiana, and Pennsylvania.
Florida came in 14th . . . Texas came in 33rd . . . California is 35th . . . and Massachusetts came in 40th.
The study also found states that voted Republican in the 2012 election are slightly more patriotic than states that went Democrat. But it’s so close, it’s basically a tie.
