Illinois off the most corrupt hook; how does your state measure up?

[mikeylikesit]

If you look at this first graphic and compare it to the second, some states swap positions. If you were to believe journalists, it would seem investigations and prosecutions are vastly different from one state to another.





There's yet another chart and the story here

[DharmaDog]

This chart needs to account for population differences. It shouldn't shock anyone that Texas had more convicted officials than Rhode Island.

[cbelt3]

And where's the Republican vs. Democratic state comparison against that ?

[swampy]

We're #1!

[karsen]

Your chart doesn't account for population. It should be number of officials per capita. That's the most important chart, and the one you chose to leave off your post.



According to the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section’s 2006 report – which was made public just last week - Louisiana Most Corrupt State in the Nation. http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/1008-04.htm

Which political party is more corrupt? It's hard to say but I found a link that shows the Members of Congress Who Were Convicted of or Pled Guilty to Major Offenses, 1992-1999. The Democrats lead 16 to 4 making them 4 times (or 300%) more corrupt than Republicans by that standard. http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008...ption.html

Wikipedia has a more complete list though, which includes scandals. The race for corruption is far more balanced there. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_s...00-present

[$tevie]

That chart does not allow for smart corrupt officials who don't get caught. So it is more like a chart of stupid officials, eh?

[Gutenberg]

Feh. By counting from 1997 to 2006, that list left off Spiro Agnew and Marvin Mandel, back-to-back governors with corruption convictions, though only Mandel went to the pokey. That means Maryland should be higher on the list. We want a recount!

Mandel should have been convicted for his suits alone. He was a small man and wore the loudest plaids imaginable in the 1970s, and that was saying something.

[$tevie]

I think Marvin should get extra points for a pretty hilarious divorce, with his wife throwing him out of the governor's mansion and telling him to see a shrink after he got caught fooling around.

[wurm]

I can't believe MA isn't in the top 10.