Similar maps of the United States

Here are two maps of the United States that favorably compare to one another.  

The first, taken from the Washington Post, depicts the relative value of $100.  States colored yellow are less value and magenta colored states have more value.

A first view of the map called to mind recent maps of red (conservative/republican) and blue (liberal/democrat) states.  Here's a version of such a map from Wikipedia.

Dang, but don't the maps have amazing similarity?

What should you conclude from this similarity?