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The report compares conservative and liberal states and their metro areas, documenting higher past-year inflation among liberal states and cities inside them across multiple inflation measures and aggregates. 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For example, if local housing supply is relatively inelastic, then monetary or fiscal expansions translate more into local price increases than into quantities increases, generating more inflation in housing rents than in otherwise similar locations with more elastic supply.  \nThis report documents that across various measures of inflation, aggregation, and political categorization, liberal states1 as well as cities inside liberal states have observed higher inflation rates in the past year than their conservative counterparts.  \nFigure 1 illustrates the main result across states.  \n1 This analysis defines “conservative states” as those that President Donald J. Trump won in the 2024 Presidential Election and “liberal states” as those won by Vice President Kamala Harris (according to U.S. Federal Election Commission’s 2024 “Official Presidential General Election Results”) . The results discussed herein are robust to different definitions and classifications of “conservative” and “liberal” states. See Tables A-1 through A-3 for details.  \nThe year-over-year (y-o-y) inflation rate2 across conservative states as of November 2025 is 2.5%, lower than the average liberal state inflation of 3.0% .  \nConservative states also had lower y-o-y inflation rates than liberal states for select expenditure categories and special aggregate indices.  \n\n| Table 1: Y-o-Y Inflation for Conservative and Liberal States (as of November 2025) |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n|  | | Housing | | Energy | Transportation |\n| Conservative States | 2.5% | 3.4% | 2.5% | 3.5% | 0.7% |\n| Liberal States | 3.0% | 3.6% | 2.7% | 5.2% | 2.5% |\n\nMetro areas in conservative states also had lower y-o-y inflation than those in liberal states.  \n\n| Table 2: Y-o-Y Inflation for Metro Areas in Liberal and Conservative States\u003Cbr>(as of August/November2025) |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n|  | | Housing | | Energy | Transportation |\n| Conservative States | 1.9% | 2.3% | 2.8% | 5.2% | 0.0% |\n| Liberal States | 3.0% | 3.9% | 2.8% | 5.9% | 2.7% |\n\nNote: Some metro areas have CPI data up to August 2025; other have it until November 2025; one that has data through November 2025 only has the energy index until September 2025. The most recent one is used in all cases. See Table A-5, for details.  \n2 The y-o-y inflation rate is the 12-month percent change in inflation. The inflation rate discussed herein is a population-weighted y-o-y inflation average across states by political alignment.  \nMethodology  \nThere are no state-level consumer price index (CPI) estimates. The lowest level of aggregation for CPI data inclusive of whole states is measured at the 9 census divisions, each consisting of several states.3  \n\n| Table 3: States Included in Each Census Division |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| U.S. Census Division | States Included |\n| New England | Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont |\n| Middle Atlantic | New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania |\n| East North Central | Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin |\n| West North Central | Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota |\n| South Atlantic | Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia |\n| East South Central | Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee |\n| West South Central | Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas |\n| Mountain | Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming |\n| Pacific | Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington |\n\n• To calculate the population-weighted y-o-y inflation average across states by political alignment:4  \no First, using CPI values5 for census divisions, derive: (1) y-o-y inflation rates at","cbCaidAmLh6dwWEo","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidAmLh6dwWEo","pdf",333964,8,"English","# Summary\n## Key Findings\n# Methodology\n## Data Aggregation and Census Divisions\n## Population-Weighted Inflation Calculations\n# Tables and Notes\n## Table 1: Y-o-Y Inflation by State Group\n## Table 2: Y-o-Y Inflation by Metro Areas\n## Table 3: Census Division States Included","[{\"question\":\"How does the report explain differences in inflation between conservative and liberal areas?\",\"answer\":\"It argues that state and local conditions and policy lead to deviations from the national inflation average, so monetary or fiscal expansions can translate more into local price increases in some places than in others.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the report find about year-over-year inflation rates by political alignment?\",\"answer\":\"Across various measures, liberal states and cities within liberal states experienced higher year-over-year inflation rates over the past year than conservative counterparts.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the report use census-division CPI data instead of state-level CPI estimates?\",\"answer\":\"The report states there are no state-level consumer price index (CPI) estimates, so the lowest available full-state aggregation is at the level of nine U.S. census divisions.\"}]","Inflation Across Conservative and Liberal States and Metro Areas - December 23, 2025 | PDF",1791829779]