Yes, technically the recession ended in June 2009, but in a recent poll 83 percent of respondents believe the United States is still in a recession.

Now, again, I hear you Fox News haters out there; “That’s faux news! I don’t believe anything they say”

Fine. Dismiss the poll, but something is going on and it has democrat strategist, James Carville, worried enough that he is sending a wake up call to his fellow democrats:

You can shoot five Bin Ladens, you can save 10,000 banks and 20 car companies, even pass the most sweeping legislation in modern American history; if people don’t think that you are connected to their lives and are fighting for their interests they will vote your tush out of office in a nano-second. For historical reference see Winston Churchill election of 1945 and President George H.W. Bush in 1992.

With Carville’s words in mind, let us look at this analysis by Investor’s Business Daily. They compared key economic indicators between the 22 states that voted for John McCain and the 28 states that voted for Barack Obama. In every indicator, except one, the red states ,on average, outperformed the blue.

The analysis gets worse for the President. The analyisis also looked at the 11 states Real Clear Politics deemed as “toss-up” for the 2012 election. Their findings were:

Job growth: The average increase for blue states was just 1.2% from June 2009 — the official start of the economic recovery — to March 2012. For red states, it was 1.9%. The national average was 1.8%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Unemployment: The jobless rate in March was 8.5% in blue states and 7.4% in red states, BLS data show. Income: Blue states also did a bit worse when it came to per cap ita personal pay, rising 4.27% in 2011 compared with 4.35% in red states, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis data GDP: The one measure where blue states outperformed was in gross domestic product growth, clocking an average 2.5% increase from 2009 to 2010 vs. red states’ 2.2%. State GDP figures for 2011 won’t come out until June. Home prices: People living in liberal areas suffered the most when it came to housing prices. Over the past year, the housing price index fell 3.5% in blue states. The index edged up by 0.03% in conservative states. Nationwide, it was down 2.4%, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s House Price Index. Over the past five years, housing prices in red states fell 7.5%, but by 18.5% in blue states.

Hmmm… maybe we are still in a recession. Not technically, but by every other measurement.