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Israel/Zionism See other Israel/Zionism Articles Title: ‘Least Patriotic’ States Have Highest Jewish Populations, Study Finds .boldfacenews.com A recent study on patriotism, as measured in the 50 states of the US, has turned up some rather remarkable findings. Published by WalletHub, the study ranks states from the “most patriotic” to the “least patriotic” using such criteria as military service (veterans as well as active duty), voter turnout percentages, and volunteerism. What the study reveals is that a good many of the states with the largest percentage of Jewish citizens happen to be, curiously, among the “least patriotic” of states–although I want to emphasize, and emphasize VERY STRONGLY, that this was not an observation that was pointed out by the WalletHub researchers. WalletHub merely published a list of the 50 states–with the “most patriotic” appearing at the top of the list and “least patriotic” at the bottom. The “anti-Semite” who took the trouble to look up the percentages of Jewish population in each of these states was yours truly, and my source on that was the Jewish Virtual Library. So in other words, I took the results of the Wallet Hub study–and then conducted an additional study of my own. And as I say, the results were rather revealing. You can go here to access the WalletHub ranking of the states, and then go here to determine the Jewish population percentages in each one. Or you can simply read on. In the listings below, the WalletHub statistics are shown in orange; the Jewish Virtual Library figures in blue. The WalletHub surveyors looked at 12 different criteria, or metrics, with each metric being scored on a 0-100 point scale, with 100 representing the “most patriotic” conditions. They then calculated all the metric point rankings together to work out an overall point ranking for each state. Here, in order, are the top 10 “most patriotic states along with their point rankings: Virginia–69.17 Alaska–67.94 South Carolina–62.62 Colorado–57.51 Georgia–57.41 Hawaii–55.08 Montana–54.87 Alabama–54.08 Washington–53.88 New Hampshire–53.31 In the year 2014, Jews made up 2.1% of the US population, according to the Jewish Virtual Library. The JVL also breaks down the Jewish population in each individual state. Here are the eight states with the smallest percentage of Jews–all with 0.1% or less: South Dakota–0.0%^ Arkansas–0.1% Idaho–0.1% Mississippi–0.1% Montana–0.1% North Dakota–0.1% Oklahoma–0.1% West Virginia–0.1% I presume that the “0.0%^” figure given for South Dakota means that Jews make up less that 0.1% of that state’s population. In looking over the two lists, you’ll notice the overlap–with the state of Montana falling into both. But of course there are only 8 states in the second list. So let’s add in the states with Jewish populations of 0.2% and see what happens: Alabama–0.2% Iowa–0.2% Louisiana–0.2% Utah–0.2% Wyoming–0.2% Now we have two of the “most patriotic” states–Montana and Alabama–also showing up among the states with the lowest percentages of Jews. Next let’s add in the states with 0.8% or less Jews–and keep in mind here that the national mean is 2.1%–so we’re still dealing with states with very low Jewish populations: Indiana–0.3% Kentucky–0.3% Nebraska–0.3% North Carolina–0.3% South Carolina–0.3% Tennessee–0.3% Hawaii–0.5% Wisconsin–0.5% Kansas–0.6% New Mexico–0.6% Texas–0.6% Washington–0.7% Alaska–0.8% Michigan–0.8% New Hampshire–0.8% Now we have five more of the “most patriotic” states–Alaska, South Carolina, Hawaii, Washington, and New Hampshire. In fact the only states in the “most patriotic” list that didn’t fall into the compilation of 0.8% or less of Jews are: Virginia with 1.2%, Georgia with 1.9% and Colorado with 2%. Now let’s look at the states ranked “least patriotic” and compare their Jewish populations. We’ll start at number 50 on WalletHub’s list, and work our way down to number 41. So here they are–the top 10 “least patriotic” states along with their point rankings: New Jersey–19.47 Connecticut–26.34 New York–26.40 Rhode Island–30.91 Illinois–31.03 Massachusetts–31.89 Pennsylvania–33.20 California–34.42 Michigan–34.83 Louisiana–35.75 Now here are the top 10 states with the highest Jewish populations–all of them above the national mean of 2.1% Notice the considerable overlap with the states ranked as “least patriotic”: New York–8.9% New Jersey–5.8% Massachusetts–4.1% Maryland–4% Connecticut–3.3% Florida–3.3% California–3.2% Nevada–2.7% Illinois–2.3% Pennsylvania–2.3% So in other words, 7 of the top 10 states ranked as “least patriotic–New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, California, Illinois, and Pennsyvania–also fall into the top 10 states with the highest percentage of Jewish population. There are, of course, some anomalies, the most glaring perhaps being that Louisiana–determined by WalletHub to be among the “least patriotic” states–also falls into the states with the lowest percentage of Jews, with 0.2%. Another anomaly is the state of Michigan, with a relatively low Jewish population of 0.8% also falling into the list of “least patriotic.” People can speculate if they wish on why these anomalies might exist–what is it that caused a drop in patriotism in Louisiana and Michigan. You could for instance make note of the fact that in recent years both states suffered major disasters that were either caused by, or exacerbated by, government ineptitude–the Flint water crisis in 2014, and the BP oil spill in 2010–although I’m not sure any solid conclusions can be drawn as to what it means. In any event, it all makes for an interesting comparative analysis. Maybe it’s just a coincidence that so many of the “least patriotic” states rank among those with the highest percentage of Jews. And maybe the Jewish populations of these states are not high enough to be statistically meaningful in terms of impacting the patriotic sentiments (or lack thereof) among the population as a whole. Still…I thought it might be something well worth reflecting upon as we observe this 4th of July holiday. Poster Comment: How can that be? Israel is America's best friend. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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