Elitist? nah.
We're not better than anyone... except Iowans.
I just like to point out when people are trying to talk about how "progressive" their states are because of how anti-Bush they are, that there are other measures which matter more than perceived liberalness... like life expectancy, education, income, and general happiness.
Ah but remember that eastern washington is a clone of Idaho. If you just looked at the west side of the state we would own everyone. But we will do our part and take the extra electoral votes that come from the eastern side of the state and hand them to a democrat year after year.