What is Americans’ favorite state? Republicans and Democrats disagree, poll finds

Americans have crowned Hawaii and Alaska as their favorite states, giving the term “Lower 48” new meaning, according to a new YouGov poll.

With that being said, Democrats and Republicans have widely different opinions when it comes to which U.S. states they think are the best.

Here is a breakdown of the poll results.

Favorite U.S. state?

The survey — which sampled 2,073 U.S. adults June 25-30 — asked respondents to rank all 50 states and Washington, D.C., as either very favorable, somewhat favorable, very unfavorable or somewhat unfavorable.

Hawaii led every state in net favorability — calculated by subtracting the unfavorable figure from the favorable figure — with a rating of +53. It was followed by Alaska (+47), Montana (+45) and North Carolina (+45).

The Aloha State also surpassed the competition when it came to its raw favorability rating, with 68% viewing it very or somewhat favorably. Coming in second was North Carolina (62%), Alaska (61%), Tennessee (60%) and Colorado (59%).

Meanwhile, Washington, D.C., and Mississippi had the unfortunate distinction of garnering the lowest net favorability ratings — +1 and +2, respectively.

And, based just on raw favorability ratings, Rhode Island came in near the bottom, with just 44% saying they had a very or somewhat favorable view. Mississippi followed with 38%.

When the results were broken down by partisan affiliation, major differences emerged.

When looking at raw favorability ratings, Florida emerged as the Republican favorite, with 52% of GOP respondents saying they had a very or somewhat favorable view of the Sunshine State. Texas came in second with 45%.

Democrats, on the other hand, gave their highest praise to Hawaii, with 52% saying they had a favorable view of the state. This was followed by California, with 49%.

The poll has a margin of error of about 3 percentage points.