Because instead of eliminating deductibility they capped it, and Democratic states in general have more people with state and local taxes above the cap, because of a combination of higher average income and more progressive state taxes (often characterized as higher, but even when this is true in overall tax burden, its often still lower for same-income taxpayers for low- to moderate-income.)
Because instead of eliminating deductibility they capped it, and Democratic states in general have more people with state and local taxes above the cap, because of a combination of higher average income and more progressive state taxes (often characterized as higher, but even when this is true in overall tax burden, its often still lower for same-income taxpayers for low- to moderate-income.)