{"id":58172,"date":"2023-06-19T16:40:28","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T20:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=58172"},"modified":"2023-06-19T16:40:32","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T20:40:32","slug":"florida-ranked-one-of-the-least-patriotic-states-by-wallethub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2023\/06\/florida-ranked-one-of-the-least-patriotic-states-by-wallethub\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida ranked one of the least patriotic states by WalletHub"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WalletHub ranked Florida fifth to last in their list of \u201cMost Patriotic States in America of 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wallethub.com\/edu\/most-patriotic-states\/13680\">report<\/a>, Florida ranks 46 out of 50.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/636359664127119891.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58173\" width=\"405\" height=\"229\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The top five include Virginia, Montana, Alaska, North Dakota and Maine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WalletHub said they compared \u201c13 key indicators of patriotism\u201d for their ranking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur data set ranges from the state\u2019s military enlistees and veterans to the share of adults who voted in the 2020 presidential election to AmeriCorps volunteers per capita,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WalletHub said Americans may feel their patriotism \u201cdampened this year in the face of societal issues like relentless high&nbsp;inflation&nbsp;and elevated&nbsp;homicide rates.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report said many people \u201cmay find it hard to celebrate a country where countless people are struggling and frequent violence persists.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHowever, an expression of love for fellow citizens is patriotic in itself,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report said despite the problems facing the country, most Americans will still gather to celebrate July 4th \u2013 the most patriotic day of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Comparing \u201cred\u201d and \u201cblue\u201d states, referring to a state\u2019s party control between Democratic and Republican, they found that Democratic states were slightly more \u201cpatriotic\u201d than Republican ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the metrics used&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wallethub.com\/edu\/most-patriotic-states\/13680\">include<\/a>&nbsp;aspects of military and engagement, such as share of civilian adult population in military reserves, veterans per 1,000 civilian adults, share who voted in 2020 presidential and primary elections, volunteering, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Active duty military personnel was another metric used.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WalletHub ranked Florida fifth to last in their list of \u201cMost Patriotic States in America of 2023.\u201d According to the&nbsp;report, Florida ranks 46 out of 50. The top five include&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":58173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[2393],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58172"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58172"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58174,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58172\/revisions\/58174"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}