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Available evidence does not show a clear, sustained link between mass shooters being predominantly “conservative” or “liberal”; researchers and major trackers emphasize motive, online radicalization, ...
When researchers exclude gang- and crime‑motivated shootings, most major U.S. mass‑shooting databases count far fewer incidents and focus on “indiscriminate” public attacks — for example, Mother Jones...
Available datasets and recent reviews show White people account for a plurality or majority of documented public mass shooters in multiple compilations: Mother Jones/Statista reports 82 of 151 mass sh...
Multiple news outlets and datasets say 2025 saw fewer mass shootings than recent years, but counts vary by definition and tracker; several state-level summaries identify Texas, Illinois and California...
In recent reporting and data analyses, nonprofit USAFacts and media outlets show a clear pattern: a group of "donor" states send more federal tax dollars to Washington than they receive back in federa...
Researchers and trackers disagree on whether gang-related "gang bang" shootings are counted as mass shootings: some major datasets exclude gang- or felony-motivated incidents while others include them...
The available materials do not supply a definitive, state-by-state ranking of ; the closest direct data points are older state per-capita welfare figures and varied state-level Medicaid and welfare sp...
Blue states do supply a disproportionate share of federal tax revenue—large, high-income states such as California, New York and Massachusetts account for a big slice of collections—while many lower‑i...
California was the largest “donor state” in recent federal accounting: Rockefeller Institute data and multiple outlets report California paid roughly $692–$806 billion in federal taxes in the 2022–202...
Virginia leads in net federal funding per resident at $10,301 per person, according to World Population Review’s 2025 state-level summary . Other measures show different leaders by metric: Alaska and ...
Available research and databases do not support a simple tally that attributes most U.S. mass shootings cleanly to either “right wing” or “left wing” actors; many mass shootings are non‑political, the...
Available reporting shows a consistent pattern: smaller, rural states and states with large Medicaid or federal program footprints tend to receive the most federal funding per resident; examples frequ...
Federal tax revenue collection and the balance between what residents pay to Washington and what flows back to their states vary sharply by state: a small number of large, high-income states account f...
Only a minority of U.S. states are net contributors to federal coffers; most states receive more federal spending than they pay in taxes, but estimates differ by methodology and year. , with Massachus...
Different organizations use sharply different thresholds and criteria: the Gun Violence Archive (and media that use it) counts incidents with four or more people shot, excluding the shooter (e.g., GVA...
Analyses from multiple outlets find a consistent pattern: many high-income, “blue” states (like New York, California, Massachusetts) send more in federal taxes than they receive back, while many lower...
Most recent public analyses show that several Republican‑leaning (“red”) states receive , with consistent names including Alaska, New Mexico and Wyoming, and other red states such as West Virginia, Mi...
Blue-leaning states collectively than red-leaning states and many analyses find a substantial net fiscal flow from blue to red states, though the magnitude and interpretation vary by methodology and y...
Most available analyses for 2024–2025 show a clear split: roughly a minority of states are “donor” or net contributors (sending more in federal taxes than they receive in federal spending) while the m...
California is widely reported as a “donor state” because residents and businesses pay more in federal taxes than the federal government spends in the state; several reputable analyses put that gap nea...