Following up on yesterday’s post, Some States Are Taxing Themselves to Death: Roberta Mann (Oregon) notes, Some States Are Freezing Themselves to Death (from these data):
House Seats Gained
Mean Temperature
House Seats Lost
Mean Temperature
Nevada (1)
79
Michigan (1)
47
Texas (4)
76
Iowa (1)
48
Florida (2)
75
New York (1)
49
Arizona (1)
71
Massachusetts (1)
50
Georgia (1)
65
Ohio (1)
50
South Carolina (1)
64
New Jersey (1)
52
Washington (1)
59
Pennsylvania (1)
52
Illinois (1)
53
Missouri (1)
56
Louisiana (1)
68
