A new poll from Public Policy Polling ranks North Carolina as the 9th most popular state in the union. The most popular state is Hawaii, followed by Colorado, Tennessee, South Dakota, Virginia, Montana, Alaska, and Oregon.
The least popular? Calipornia — er, California — preceded by Illinois, New Jersey, Mississippi, Utah, Louisiana, Alabama, and Nevada.
PPP has more on the demographic differences:
Women have a higher opinion of New York by 27 points more than men, Massachusetts by 22 points, Delaware and California by 16, New Hampshire by 15, Vermont and Illinois by 13, and Connecticut by 11, while men see North Dakota more favorably by 17 points, South Carolina by 15, Wyoming 14, Montana 13, and Iowa and South Dakota 10.
Democrats’ favorite states include Hawaii (62-7), Washington (50-10), Massachusetts (49-9), Oregon (46-6), Vermont (46-9), Colorado (45-8), and New York (51-15), and their least favorites are led by Texas (17-51), Alabama (13-45), and Mississippi (13-41). Republicans love Alaska (65-3) and Texas (66-9), and absolutely hate California (12-68), followed distantly by Illinois (15-44) and Massachusetts (19-47). So the greatest partisan gap is for California, which Democrats like 91 points more than Republicans do, followed by Texas, which is favored more by Republicans by 82 points.
