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.
The range of each has varied by a maximum of only three points. Alabama is the most âconservativeâ state in the U.S., with roughly 50 percent of its residents âidentifying their ideology as conservative,â trailed closely by North Dakota and Wyoming (both 48.6 percent), according to a recent survey by Gallup.The geographic dispersion of ideology across the states follows what are by now familiar lines of political demarcation. The most conservative states are in the South, Midwest, and Mountain West, while the most liberal are on the East or the West Coast,â it adds. Click here to see the full report.