Colorado
Moderate tax burden · COL index 110
Wins 4 categories
Utah
Moderate tax burden · COL index 101
Wins 10 categories
Politically, Utah voted Republican in 2024 (R+13.0) while Colorado went Democratic (D+11.0).
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