A 1,000-mile road trip through Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky found people who can't afford toilet paper. The unemployment rate hasn't moved. The only thing that changed is the law nearly every Republican in Congress from those states voted for.
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Connecticut rank #1 through #4 on the 17 measures we track. Between them they send 25 people to Congress — and not one is a Republican. The four worst states send 24 Republicans.
Utah ranks 10th of 50 on the measures we track — one of the healthiest states in the country. Its three House Republicans voted for a law KFF projects will leave 77,000 more Utahns uninsured anyway.
Nebraska ranks 23rd of 50 on the measures we track. Its senator told a Kearney town hall he'd warned the White House its tariffs were 'hurting Americans' — then voted three times to keep them.
Wisconsin ranks 13th of 50 on the measures we track — one of the better states in the country. All six of its Republicans in Congress just voted to spend that down.
Alaska ranks 36th of 50 on the measures we track — and its Republicans in Congress voted to cut Medicaid, food aid, and the federal services that keep Alaskans safe.
Alabama already ranks 46th of 50 on the measures we track — and its members of Congress just voted to cut health care, food, and public health on top of it.
Arizona ranks 34th of 50 on the measures we track — and its Republicans in Congress just voted to cut health care, food, and wildfire protection on top of it.
North Carolina stands to lose $49.9 billion in Medicaid, its farmers face a third of their income wiped out, and the Raleigh-Durham district was the hardest-hit in the country for DOGE grant cuts — here's who voted for it.
