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In a few weeks when you go to vote, remember this post. Two states, different leaderships. One state has a Democratic trifecta, the other has a Republican trifecta. Where would you rather live? Education ranking 🔵Massachusetts: 1st 🔴Oklahoma: 48th (U.S. News 2025) Healthcare ranking 🔵Massachusetts: 1st 🔴Oklahoma: Near bottom (3rd–5th worst (U.S. News Best States 2025 & America’s Health Rankings) Poverty ranking 🔵Massachusetts: Among the lowest (~9.7–9.8%) 🔴Oklahoma: 8th highest (~14.9% in 2024 ACS) (U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2024) Life expectancy 🔵Massachusetts: 80.82 years 🔴Oklahoma: 75.16 years (CDC/NCHS life tables) GDP per capita 🔵Massachusetts: ~$93,600–$110,500 🔴Oklahoma: ~$62,700–$64,700 (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (state GDP data) Murder rate 🔵Massachusetts: 1.78 per 100,000 (2024) 🔴Oklahoma: 6.25 per 100,000 (2024) (FBI Uniform Crime Reporting) Violent crime rate 🔵Massachusetts: 314.7 per 100,000 (2024) 🔴Oklahoma: 422.8 per 100,000 (2024) (FBI Uniform Crime Reporting) Federal reliance per $1 paid 🔵Massachusetts: Receives ~$0.60 per $1 in federal taxes paid (net donor state) 🔴Oklahoma: Receives ~$1.30 per $1 in federal taxes paid (net recipient) (Rockefeller Institute of Government balance-of-payments analysis) High school graduation rate 🔵Massachusetts: ~89.3% (recent four-year adjusted cohort) 🔴Oklahoma: ~82.2% (recent four-year adjusted cohort) (State education department) College degree rate 🔵Massachusetts: 47.3% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s or higher (2024 ACS) 🔴Oklahoma: 28.3% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s or higher (2024 ACS) (U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2024) Air quality ranking 🔵Massachusetts: Stronger (roughly 11th in US News-style rankings; lower average AQI/PM2.5) 🔴Oklahoma: Weaker (roughly 44th; higher average AQI) (US News Best States air quality metrics) Teen pregnancy rate 🔵Massachusetts: 5.4 births per 1,000 females ages 15–19 (2024) 🔴Oklahoma: 19.6 births per 1,000 females ages 15–19 (2024) (CDC National Vital Statistics System) Incarceration rate 🔵Massachusetts: ~96 per 100,000 🔴Oklahoma: ~545 per 100,000 (Bureau of Justice Statistics) Infant mortality rate 🔵Massachusetts: 3.28 per 1,000 live births 🔴Oklahoma: 7.12 per 1,000 live births (CDC National Vital Statistics System) Fetal mortality rate 🔵Massachusetts: 3.88 per 1,000 🔴Oklahoma: 5.71 per 1,000 (CDC National Vital Statistics Reports) Median household income 🔵Massachusetts: $104,828 (highest among U.S. states in 2024) 🔴Oklahoma: $66,148 (U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2024) Uninsured rate 🔵Massachusetts: 2.8% 🔴Oklahoma: 11.5% (U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2024) Adult obesity rate 🔵Massachusetts: 27.0% 🔴Oklahoma: 36.8% (CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System BRFSS) Maternal mortality rate 🔵Massachusetts: 16.4 deaths per 100,000 🔴Oklahoma: 29.6 deaths per 100,000 live births (CDC National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System (2018–2022)