This is interesting.

Aaron's Rantblog correlates generosity with the "Red/Blue State" distinction from the 2000 Election. "Suh-prize," as Gomer Pyle used to say, Bush voting states are consistently far more generous than Gore voting states. So to paraphrase Tim Robbins, "F*** Tim Robbins" and two cheers for "compassionate conservatives."

By the way, though, look at the data closer. Of the first 20 states, only three - South Dakota (3), Utah (8) and Kansas (18) - are outside of the Old Confederacy. (Yea, I see West Virginia (14), which started the Civil War as part of the Confederacy, and Missouri (19), which could have been easily part of the Confederacy. ) The notion here is that being a Southerner is as strong an indicator of generosity as voting for Bush.

So "two cheers for the South" as well.