Because they think less government would make their states' economies boom.![]()
2016’s Most & Least Federally Dependent States
No surprise the red states are heavily dependent on the taxpayer's dime. When you think of employment in a red state, what do you think of? Military bases, farming and oil drilling - all heavily subsidized, or in the military's case fully funded, by the government.
I don't know why Republican supporters hate big govt, their red states need it for them to survive.