These changes would be phased out after Dec. 31, 2025, and would affect approximately 120 million tax returns, according to the Tax Complexity Analysis. That would equal about 84.4 percent of the 142.2 million tax returns filed this year as of July, according to the IRS.
Mesa, Arizonaâs title as the most conservative city in the country fits in with our preconceptions about national politics, but the fact that Buffalo, New York is more liberal than Chicago or that Portland doesnât even crack the top 10 is more of a surprise.
There is somewhat more accordance between the most liberal and most Democratic states. Only Illinois and Maryland rank among the most Democratic but not the most liberal. Oregon and Washington state rank among the 10 most liberal states but not the 10 most Democratic. The full results by state appear on page 2.here is not, however, a perfect correlation between ideology and party. Three of the 10 most Republican states -- Kansas, Montana, and Alaska -- do not rank among the most conservative states. And Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas rank in the top 10 conservative states but not the 10 most Republican.