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If you take even a cursory glance at that map, you'll notice that it looks a little like some other maps you might have seen -- including of the 2012 presidential election. While the East and West coasts are much more cat-friendly, the South is dog country.
Not surprisingly, the numbers for pet ownership line up relatively neatly with a state's politics. Below, we have ranked the contiguous 48 states and the District of Columbia from 1 to 49, with Nos. 1 being the most cat-friendly, the most liberal, and the most urban. (AVMA did not have data for Alaska and Hawaii.)
Of the 10 most liberal states in the country, according to Gallup's rankings, six of them also rank in the top 10 for cat ownership, relative to dogs.
On the other end of the spectrum, all but one of the 13 states that favor dogs the most are red states. And only one blue state favors dogs over cats.
