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My thoughts were the exact opposite; I believed that, in general, the SAT was the "blue" test, and that the ACT was the "red" test. I was convinced I was wrong when I read this
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I still didn't believe, so I made this nifty little chart. Since the CB website is down, I couldn't find participation rates for about 30 of the states, but you can just look at the ACT rates to get a general idea of what it would be. I ordered the list descending in participation rate for ACT.</p>
<p>Notice that above 50% participation rate for ACT there are only 4 blues. Below there are 15. Also interesting that the 9 lowest participating-in-the-ACT states are blue. </p>
<p>Conclusion: Blue states are more likely to be SATers and Red states are more likely to be ACTers.</p>
<p>Before you look at the chart, read this:
ACT and SAT participation rates are from 2003.
"0" in SAT column means I couldn't find the info for the state since CB is down.
"Politics" is how the state's electoral votes went in 04.
The formatting got all screwed up, so don't be angry :)</p>
<p>State ACT SAT Politics
Colorado 100 0 Red
Illinois 100 0 Blue
Mississippi 88 4 Red
Louisiana 80 8 Red
North Dakota 80 0 Red
Kansas 76 0 Red
Tennessee 74 14 Red
Alabama 73 10 Red
Arkansas 73 0 Red
Kentucky 73 13 Red
Nebraska 73 0 Red
South Dakota 70 0 Red
Michigan 69 11 Blue
Missouri 69 0 Red
Oklahoma 69 0 Red
Wisconsin 69 0 Blue
Minnesota 67 0 Blue
Utah 67 0 Red
Iowa 66 0 Red
Ohio 64 0 Red
West Virginia 63 20 Red
New Mexico 62 0 Red
Wyoming 62 0 Red
Idaho 60 0 Red
Montana 52 0 Red
Florida 41 61 Red
Nevada 34 0 Red
South Carolina 34 59 Red
Texas 33 0 Red
Alaska 32 0 Red
Arizona 27 0 Red
Georgia 22 66 Red
Indiana 21 54 Red
Hawaii 16 0 Blue
Washington 16 0 Blue
California 15 54 Blue
New York 15 82 Blue
North Carolina 15 68 Red
Maryland 12 68 Blue
Oregon 12 0 Blue
Virginia 12 71 Red
Vermont 11 0 Blue
Massachusetts 10 0 Blue
New Hampshire 8 0 Blue
Pennsylvania 8 73 Blue
Connecticut 7 0 Blue
Maine 7 0 Blue
New Jersey 6 85 Blue
Rhode Island 6 0 Blue
Delaware 5 73 Blue</p>