Map looks very iffy to me as a tool.
You'd have to do an actual breakdown as to what the actual population of each county is as percentage of state population and what percentage of a given states population benefits from the EITC to get a better idea of how each state is. If you want to go into the political side of things I'd also want to look at what the actual political leaning of a given county would be. My personal bet is that there would be little to no correlation between a given county being red or blue and the EITC.
Also I suspect the EITC tends to break down as a poverty reduction tool in states with a higher Cost of Living as it is indexed on an income level and fails to take into account actual cost of living in a given jurisdiction.
--Werehawk--
My mom's brief take on upcoming Guatemalan Elections "In last throes of preelection activities. Much loudspeaker vote pleading."
You'd have to do an actual breakdown as to what the actual population of each county is as percentage of state population and what percentage of a given states population benefits from the EITC to get a better idea of how each state is. If you want to go into the political side of things I'd also want to look at what the actual political leaning of a given county would be. My personal bet is that there would be little to no correlation between a given county being red or blue and the EITC.
Also I suspect the EITC tends to break down as a poverty reduction tool in states with a higher Cost of Living as it is indexed on an income level and fails to take into account actual cost of living in a given jurisdiction.
--Werehawk--
My mom's brief take on upcoming Guatemalan Elections "In last throes of preelection activities. Much loudspeaker vote pleading."