At The State Of The Union, Do the united states Declare A "State Of The Union"?

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If yes, is it determined by objective metrics such as child hunger or is there a song contest?

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Song contest, but we can only sing patriotic songs, and only the lame ones, like "America the Beautiful"

The objective metric is how high and long you can draw out notes.

The objective metric is how high and long you can draw out notes.

Doesn't that unfairly favor states at higher altitudes?

There's supposed to be but partisanship ruins it. Recently, Oklahoma always wins because everyone can agree it's OK.

Recently, Oklahoma always wins

Are they allowed to just always do that Rodgers and Hammerstein number each year or are they forced to switch it up?