Figure 3.

Range in Policy Orientation and Life Expectancy Across US States, 1970–2014

State policy scores are from Grumbach, ²¹ and state life expectancy data are from the United States Mortality Database. ¹⁷ The range in life expectancy in each calendar year is the difference between the state with the highest life expectancy and the state with the lowest life expectancy. The range in policy orientation in each calendar year is the difference between the state with the maximum policy liberalism score and the state with the minimum policy liberalism score.