The Left is crowing that they swept last week’s elections by appealing to the middle class on the “affordability” issue.

So we thought we’d pick up that theme and find out which states have the highest and lowest cost-of-living. Several ratings are out there and they all pretty much draw the same conclusions.  Blue States are lots more expensive and Red States are more affordable.

The U.S. News ratings show nine of the 10 most expensive states are either blue or purple states. All 10 of the lowest cost states are red.

Some of the states with the lowest cost of living are the poorest and rural states – such as Mississippi and Arkansas. And the richest states, such as Massachusetts and California are among the highest cost states.

But the Blue States tend to have higher costs, not because they are richer, but because they have expensive green energy mandates, higher housing costs, higher taxes, higher minimum wages, more forced unionization, and more regulations.

What’s undeniable is that if families are looking for more “affordability,” red states are the place to go.