Red vs. Blue: Violent Crime

It's a toss-up - red and blue are basically even.

There doesn't seem to be any particular winning color here, either blue or red, and a little mathematical noodling confirms this.

However, I suspect that "violent crime" is a bit of a fuzzy measure:

• Some areas may be less likely to report it
• Some jurisictions may be less likely to encourage reports and/or prosecute
• In some areas, people may be spread far apart, and thus are less likely to come into contact with one another, so there is less opportunity

[1]  Liberality Score for a state is the ratio of the votes received by Kerry to the votes received by Bush in the 2004 Presidential election.  Data from http://uselectionatlas.org/USPRESIDENT/data.php?year=2004&datatype=national&def=1&f=1

[2] Per 100,000 residents From: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004912.html. Source: Crime in the United States, 2003, FBI, Uniform Crime Reports.