The U.S. Embraces the Red State Strategy

From Calculated Risk:

In case you were wondering, red is bad, the redder the badder. The Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank calculates an aggregate statistic showing how the economic indicators are working or not (over the past 3 months). On a bright spot, things in Wyoming, Louisiana, and Alaska suck less than for the rest of the county.

Whatever you do, don't look at this graph. It gives new meaning to the phrase Less Than Zero.

And I accidently thought there were some bringt spots on these graphs, until I realized those were just the borders.