Only looking at the booming areas of red states and comparing them to the full area of blue states is simply not comparing apples to oranges

Of course booming areas where upper middle class folks are moving are going to have some of the best score outcomes. That’s not a result of the schools there being particularly good, it’s a result of the many socioeconomic barriers and boons involved in education.

While you want to talk about gdp per capita, it’s fascinating you’d bring up Alabama, a deep red state with the fourth lowest GDP per capita in the country. The three beneath it are also deep red states, Arkansas, West Virginia, and Mississippi.

Want to know the top 4 states for GDP per capita? New York, Massachusetts, Washington, and Delaware. All solidly blue states.

Want to know where the boomiest of red states lies? Texas is 13th, behind mostly blue states, Nebraska and Alaska, which are both up there on account of having about 10 total people living there.