According to the Rasmussen Report, the economy remains the top issue of Election 2008 for 44% of voters. Just 21% see national security as the top priority.

What's really interesting, when you keep this fact about the economy being the most important in your mind, is how states' economic indicators fare when you juxtapose them to the political leanings of their residents. The Wall Street Journal has the verdict in this fairly simple but very interesting table.

Note the simple correlations between economic indicators and who the stated will vote for or voted for in 2004.

Apparently, the top five states in terms of economic growth are states in which McCain has an edge (all of which Bush won in 2004). The top five states in terms of the lowest unemployment rate go to McCain (and also states that favored Bush in 2004).

These numbers are quite suggestive!

Do these interesting facts say something about voters who do not fair well economically that they vote for the candidate affiliated with the party opposite of the one of the current president? Or does the fact say something about which party actually has the better economic policies?