His logic here is very flawed. Correlation does not equal causation. My guess is these differences are less of a red vs blue issue and much more of an education and economic issue.
I'd bet that many (if not all) of the red states high on the list are deep south states with lower per capital education and income. It's pretty well documented that these types of circumstances drive crime and other types of behavior he's referring to.
Not to mention that a lot of these issues tend to be urban issues and when you are Texas and you have 4 major cities versus 1 in Massachusetts, then it's going to skew a certain way.
But I literally don't care that he said this. This was 20 years ago. I don't believe he thinks this way now.
