Red States vs. Red States

The usual mantras of the America's two major political parties are as follows: Republicans want a smaller, less intrusive government and Democrats want a bigger, more helpful government. These generalizations hold even more true when you look at rhetoric, especially economic rhetoric. But apparently it doesn't exactly hold up to the real world:

That is a map of the United States where red states represent those that get more from the federal government than they give. Blue states are the opposite. Now here's a map of the 2008 presidential election:

Apparently both red and blue states act politically opposite of their economic interests.