Rich State, Poor State, Red State, Blue State: What's the Matter with Connecticut?

We find that income matters more in null America than in null America. In poor states, rich people are much more likely than poor people to vote for the Republican presidential candidate, but in rich states (such as Connecticut), income has a very low correlation with vote preference. In addition to finding this pattern and studying its changes over time, we use the concepts of typicality and availability from cognitive psychology to explain how...