President Donald Trump has a malevolent preference for red states, throwing money at them while he withholds it from blue states. And yet as the nation travels for Thanksgiving this week, Americans generally prefer blue states to red ones.

On average, 55% of Americans have a favorable view of blue states, while 24% have an unfavorable view, according to a Daily Kos analysis of YouGov data. That makes for a net favorability of +31 percentage points.

But red states have a net favorability of just +24 points. On average, less than half of Americans have a favorable view of red states (48%), and 24% have an unfavorable view.

Americans also have a sunnier view of swing states, which have an average net favorability of +30 points—basically the same as blue states. Fifty-three percent of Ameri

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