The clearly completely objective ranking of every U.S. state according to Americans has been officially determined in a new poll, which should presumably prompt no arguments whatsoever.
The poll in question was released Tuesday by YouGov, and it showed how all 50 states plus
Washington, D.C. are ranked according to Americans. This was determined by asking respondents to pick the "better" state in a series of matchups, so the ranking is based on how often a given state won in these head-to-head duels.
At the very top of the list was
HAWAII, as it won 69 percent of its matchups.
Colorado,
Virginia, Nevada, North Carolina,
Florida,
Arizona,
New York, Georgia, and
Texas, rounded out the top ten in that order, with each of those states winning 58 percent of the time or more. They were followed by Maine and
California, with the latter winning 57 percent of matchups.
Meanwhile, at the very bottom of the list was Washington, D.C., which lost the majority of its match-ups, though YouGov noted that it wasn't entirely clear whether it scored so poorly in part just because it isn't actually a state. The lowest-ranked states were
Alabama and Mississippi, both of which won 38 percent of their match-ups, though New Jersey, Arkansas, Iowa, and Indiana were in that ballpark, too.
"Panelists did not provide context for their choices," YouGov said, which may very well have been a major missed opportunity to spark even more anger on
Twitter than the list itself. Check out the ranking, and either lament or take a victory lap over your state's placement, below.