A key part of Donald Trump's speech from California on Friday was trashing Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom for the state's fires. One comment he made is turning heads, however. “And Gavin Newscum is gonna sign those papers, and if he doesn’t sign those papers, we won’t give him money to put out all his...
California contributes the most to federal tax revenue but also receives the most federal funding (in total). California receives one of the lowest amounts of federal funding per capita ($5,155, ranking 42 of 50). California’s ratio of federal funding to income taxes paid is 0.43, which means that California received $0.43 in funding from the federal government for every $1 in tax revenue that it provided.
Overall, California is a donor state to the union.
In fact, of the 18 states which received more federal funding than they paid in federal taxes in 2021, 5 were Democrat-leaning while the other 13 were Republican (How Red or Blue is Your State?) - which is to say that welfare states are more likely to vote Republican. Four of the top 5 most Republican states take more than they give (Wyoming, North Dakota, Oklahoma and West Virginia), while 4 of the top 5 most Democratic states give more than they take (Massachusetts, Hawaii, Maryland, and California).
As are most blue states.