Most patriotic states listed in honor of Independence Day New York did not fare well

New York is apparently not the red-white-and-blue bastion that the 250th Anniversary Parade might suggest.The Empire State ranked the second least patriotic state in the Union, according to a troubling study by WalletHub.New York was the second to last with an overall patriotism score of 28.96 out of 100.

WalletHub didn’t specify why New York, the birthplace of the US government under the Constitution, would place so low in the patriot games.However, it notably fared abysmally in terms of military and civic engagement, notably boasting the least number of veterans per capita in the Union.Coincidentally, this comes as NY’s democratic socialist mayor Zohran Mamdani was blasted for decrying capitalism and Trump’s immigration crackdown in an address marking America’s 250th anniversary Friday — while sitting at George Washington’s desk.The survey, conducted in honor of the Fourth of July, ranked the 50 regions based on two “key dimensions:” “Military Engagement” and “Civic Engagement.”The main categories were evaluated across 13 relevant metrics that were weighted on a 100-point scale “with a score of 100 representing the highest level of patriotism.”These criteria included average number of military enlistees per 1,000 adults between 2017 and 2022 (8.33 points), the share of adults who voted in the 2024 Presidential Election (25 points) and the AmeriCorpse Volunteers per capita (4.17 points).To determine their overall level of patriotism, WalletHub “determined each state’s weighted average across all metrics to calculate its overall score and used the resulting scores” to rank the states in order.“The most patriotic states have a lot of residents who serve or have served in the armed forces, high voter turnouts during elections, and a high share of the population volunteering with national or local organizations,” said WalletHub Analyst Chip Lupo, describing the somewhat surprising results.“Patriotism also isn’t concentrated ...