Radio Free Meredith

I'm not sure, but I think you could probably get an approximation from a chart the treasury publishes showing the "total taxable resources" of each state (http://www.treas.gov/offices/economic-policy/resources/estimates.shtml). The TTR of the red states in 2002 was estimated to be 5.3 trillion dollars out of a total of 11.3 trillion, leaving 6 trillion for the blue states (so, percenatge-wise, the blue states have 53%). So if this is an accurate way to measure, it looks like there isn't much difference between the taxes paid by the red and blue states