Nobody likes bad news. I honestly wish this information wasn't true. This infographic was recently posted to X (formerly Twitter) via a Colorado user named @schotts. I do not know if he was the originator of the list or not.
Now, random stats pop up all over the place daily, and it's brainlessly easy to just make stuff like this up. But it's another thing entirely when you show your sources. Schotts' graphic didn't have clickable links, so he kindly provided them for me to present to you:
Inflation rate: http://insidermonkey.com/blog/5-states-with-highest-inflation-rates-in-the-us-1233831/4/…
Restaurant inflation: https://www.usatoday.com/money/blueprint/credit-cards/top-states-with-the-most-restaurant-inflation/
3rd least safe state: https://cbsnews.com/colorado/news/colorado-third-most-dangerous-state-rankings/…
3rd grade kids: https://vaildaily.com/opinion/rankin-only-40-percent-of-colorado-third-graders-are-reading-at-grade-level-column/…
Drug use and addition: https://kdvr.com/news/data/colorado-among-the-worst-states-in-the-country-for-drug-use-study-says/…
#5 worst state to drive in: http://bankrate.com/insurance/car/best-and-worst-states-for-driving/…
$15000 more: http://kdvr.com/news/local/coloradans-need-15000-more-just-to-live-like-they-did-in-2021-analysis-finds/…
#9 worst state for saving: https://kdvr.com/news/local/colorado-one-of-the-hardest-places-to-save-money-in-america-study-finds/…
#6 most expensive state: https://smartasset.com/data-studies/state-salary-living-comfortably-2024…
#44 worst state to retire in: https://bankrate.com/retirement/best-and-worst-states-for-retirement/…
Freedom rating: https://freedominthe50states.org/overall/colorado…
Denver ranked worst city to raise a family: https://kdvr.com/news/data/denver-ranked-worst-city-to-raise-a-family/…
#8 most homeless people: https://usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/states-with-the-most-homeless-people…
10th highest rate of human trafficking: https://fox21news.com/human-trafficking-prevention/co-amongst-top-10-in-human-trafficking-cases-and-reports/
Sources, folks. Some of this can be considered subjective, such as the freedom rating. Regarding inflation, I've seen sources that put us anywhere from 10th-worst in the country to the absolute worst; a lot of it depends on the time frame and the metrics being measured. But it's fair to say that a large number of these come from mainstream, not raving right-wing, media sources.
I like how none of these stats say anything about the cause being due to “Democrat control”. It would be like saying “we’ve experienced the worst climate change ever under democrat control.” It’s just an ignorant thing to say.