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US States Directory

All 50 States, Rated

Every state scored on nine conservative-policy criteria: governor & legislature, abortion law, gun rights, school choice, border enforcement, taxes, election integrity, religious liberty, and health freedom.

30
Aligned (7–9)
2
Mixed (4–6)
18
Not Aligned (1–3)

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Aligned States (30)

9AlabamaAligned9ArkansasAligned9FloridaAligned9GeorgiaAligned9IdahoAligned9IndianaAligned9IowaAligned9LouisianaAligned9MississippiAligned9MissouriAligned9MontanaAligned9NebraskaAligned9New HampshireAligned9North DakotaAligned9OklahomaAligned9South CarolinaAligned9South DakotaAligned9TennesseeAligned9TexasAligned9UtahAligned9West VirginiaAligned9WyomingAligned8ArizonaAligned8KansasAligned8KentuckyAligned8North CarolinaAligned8OhioAligned8VirginiaAligned7AlaskaAligned7WisconsinAligned

Mixed States (2)

5NevadaMixed5PennsylvaniaMixed

Not Aligned States (18)

3ColoradoNot Aligned3VermontNot Aligned2DelawareNot Aligned2MaineNot Aligned2MichiganNot Aligned2New MexicoNot Aligned2Rhode IslandNot Aligned1CaliforniaNot Aligned1ConnecticutNot Aligned1HawaiiNot Aligned1IllinoisNot Aligned1MarylandNot Aligned1MassachusettsNot Aligned1MinnesotaNot Aligned1New JerseyNot Aligned1New YorkNot Aligned1OregonNot Aligned1WashingtonNot Aligned
How states are ratedEach state earns points across nine policy areas. Governor & legislature, abortion law, and gun rights are weighted ±2; school choice, border enforcement, taxes, election integrity, religious liberty, and health freedom are weighted ±1. Raw scores (range –12 to +12) are scaled to a 1–9 rating. Sources include Heritage Foundation, Heritage Action Scorecard, Ballotpedia, NCSL, Reuters, and AP.