Red is the New Hick

An interactive map from Thinkprogress conveniently reveals which state governors believe in Science® and which ones are climate deniers.

In keeping with the color key agreed upon by 97 percent of progressive graphic designers, anything red is generally bad, ignorant, or at least not often hippie-friendly — and is to be avoided at one’s peril.

I’ve developed a much simpler bar graph that explains the consensus numbers that have been promulgated since the invention of the modern bogeyman: