Obesity data from: http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/trend/obesity_diabetes_states.htm Voting data from: http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/vote2004/nationalelectionresultsbystate.aspx?oi=P&rti=G&cn=1&tf=l Columns are state, percent obesity, percent diabetic, percent voting for Bush, percent voting for Kerry. Alabama 23.4 10.5 62.5 36.8 Alaska 21.0 6.4 61.8 35.0 Arizona 17.9 8.3 54.9 44.5 Arkansas 21.7 8.9 54.3 44.5 California 20.9 8.3 44.3 54.6 Colorado 14.4 5.6 52.1 46.7 Connecticut 17.3 7.5 44.0 54.3 Delaware 20.0 8.2 45.8 53.3 District_of_Columbia 19.9 9.1 9.3 89.5 Florida 18.4 10.3 52.1 47.1 Georgia 22.1 7.7 58.1 41.4 Hawaii 17.6 7.2 45.3 54.0 Idaho 20.0 6.3 68.5 30.4 Illinois 20.5 8.1 44.7 54.7 Indiana 24.0 7.1 39.2 60.1 Iowa 21.8 6.1 50.1 49.2 Kansas 21.0 6.6 62.2 36.5 Kentucky 24.2 7.1 59.5 39.7 Louisiana 23.3 8.5 56.8 42.2 Maine 19.0 8.0 44.6 53.4 Maryland 19.8 8.1 43.4 55.7 Massachusetts 16.1 6.8 37.0 62.1 Michigan 24.4 7.8 47.8 51.2 Minnesota 19.2 5.0 47.6 51.1 Mississippi 25.9 10.3 59.6 39.6 Missouri 22.5 7.3 53.4 46.1 Montana 18.2 6.2 59.1 38.6 Nebraska 20.1 6.4 66.6 32.1 Nevada 19.1 6.5 50.5 47.9 New_Hampshire 19.0 6.9 49.0 50.3 New_Jersey 19.0 8.4 46.5 52.7 New_Mexico 18.8 7.1 50.0 48.9 New_York 19.7 7.7 40.5 57.8 North_Carolina 22.4 7.6 56.1 43.6 North_Dakota 19.9 5.8 62.9 35.5 Ohio 21.8 8.0 51.0 48.5 Oklahoma 22.1 8.4 65.6 34.4 Oregon 20.7 6.6 51.5 47.6 Pennsylvania 21.4 7.8 48.6 50.8 Rhode Island 17.3 7.3 38.9 59.5 South_Carolina 21.7 9.4 58.0 40.8 South_Dakota 20.6 6.8 59.9 38.4 Tennessee 22.6 8.3 56.8 42.5 Texas 23.8 8.0 61.2 38.3 Utah 18.4 5.5 71.1 26.4 Vermont 17.1 6.1 38.9 59.1 Virginia 20.0 6.7 54.0 45.3 Washington 18.9 6.5 45.7 52.8 West_Virginia 24.6 9.3 56.1 43.2 Wisconsin 21.9 5.8 49.4 49.8 Wyoming 19.2 5.2 69.0 29.1