Gallup has recently released research on the politicization of partisans. In other words, they detail which states have the highest percentage of conservatives and liberals - those with the strongest political views - as a percentage of the population.
When you look at states through that prism, here are the results:
Most conservative:
- Wyoming: 33%
- Mississippi: 29%
- Alabama: 27%
Least conservative:
- Vermont: -14%
- Massachusetts: -13%
- Rhode Island: -5%
Surprised yet? California is only the 6th most liberal state and Utah is only the 7th most conservative state.
Btw, where's Florida? Right where you'd expect us to be. Right in the middle.
Florida is 13% more conservative than liberal but ranks as the 25th state ideologically.