In the post below on Blue vs. Red States, godless aired the possibility that Blue staters might be more open to reducing the age of consent, I was curious, so I looked the data from this site, and didn’t really find a pattern. Below are the states sorted by age of consents 16 and below, and those who are at 18 (I used the higher age if there was a split).

Young ones….

Hawaii 14 Gore
Idaho 14 Bush
Colorado 15 Bush
Connecticut 15 Gore
Virginia 15 Bush
Alabama 16 Bush
Alaska 16 Bush
Delaware 16 Gore
Georgia 16 Bush
Indiana 16 Bush
Kansas 16 Bush
Maine 16 Gore
Maryland 16 Gore
Michigan 16 Gore
Minnesota 16 Gore
Mississippi 16 Bush
Montana 16 Bush
Nebraska 16 Bush
Nevada 16 Bush
North Carolina 16 Bush
Ohio 16 Bush
Pennsylvania 16 Gore
Rhode Island 16 Gore
South Carolina 16 Bush
Vermont 16 Gore
Washington 16 Bush
West Virginia 16 Bush
Wyoming 16 Bush

Well aged….

Arizona 18 Bush
Florida 18 Bush
Iowa 18 Bush
Massachusetts 18 Gore
New Hamsphire 18 Bush
New Jersey 18 Gore
North Dakota 18 Bush
Imbler 18 Gore
Tennessee 18 Bush
Utah 18 Bush
Wisconsin 18 Gore

Posted by razib at 10:49 AM