AMAC and the John Locke Foundtion of South Carolina have ranked states by several different criteria like Educational Freedom, Health Care Choice Freedom, Regulatory Freedom, etc. They took each state and ranked them by these (and other) individual factors, and they also combined all these factor for a total freedom ranking.
Where does your state rank? Mine is #3 overall. http://amac.us/states-freest-map-shows-americans-go-crave-liberty/
Where does your state rank? Mine is #3 overall. http://amac.us/states-freest-map-shows-americans-go-crave-liberty/
The John Locke Foundation just published its First In Freedom Index, a report that compares and ranks the relative freedom of all fifty states.
The North Carolina-based think tank says it has an institutional commitment to “individual liberty and limited, constitutional government,” weighed four different variables to compile the rankings.
The most significant consideration was fiscal policy, which measures taxes and budgetary measures. This aspect generated 50 percent of each state’s score, with 20 percent given each to education and regulatory policies, and the final 10 percent to health care policy.
The overall results from the report show:
The ‘freest’ state is Florida, followed by Arizona, Indiana, South Dakota, and Georgia.
The ‘least free’ state is New York, followed by New Jersey, California, West Virginia, and Kentucky