sources

state+local ed spending
https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/compare_state_spending_2019b20a#copypaste
evangelical population
https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/religious-tradition/evangelical-protestant/
tool: Mathematica

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top two plots:
– dashed lines are the mean values; the 'boxes' show one standard deviation from the mean
– "(3400 ± 630 (18%)" represents (mean ± 1 SD (relative SD); "relative SD" = SD/mean

bottom plot:
– the ellipses are centered on the Rep/Dem means; the standard deviations are represented by the ellipses' axes
– the 50 plot points represent the (evangelical, state+local ed spending) coordinates for each state; and are colored according to their 2020 Electoral College vote
– "r" is the Pearson correlation value
– the lines are the 'best-fit' lines thru the Dem and Rep data