A new Gallup survey paints a familiar map, but with a twist.

Basically it’s a binary political ideology by state (conservative/liberal) survey, but there are only nine liberal states. The rest of the country is shades of conservative. But regardless of how you view that distinction, it shows trends: all but four states have become more liberal over the last ten years, but many of the biggest swings were in states that were already “Blue” – they just went from being conservative Democrats to moderate or liberal Democrats. Georgia showing the biggest leftward swing of the most conservative states over the past ten years, but still more conservative than average at the moment.

Also:

However, a few states rank significantly higher on the net-conservative list than they do on the net-Republican list. These are Alaska, Idaho, Arizona and Oregon. A handful of other states – Mississippi, North Carolina, Louisiana and Arkansas – rank significantly lower on net-conservatism than they do on net-Republicanism.

So Alaska, Idaho, Arizona and Oregon are states that vote for more Democrats than they should given their level of conservatism. Sounds like the libertarian effect. Mississippi, North Carolina, Louisiana and Arkansas vote for more Republicans than they should given their level of conservatism. Hmm, the South, I wonder what factor could be overriding all other political considerations there?