Friday, September 27, 2019

Red (really red) but not totally into that Trump's America thing: Ector County, Texas (Permian Basin)


Source:  Wikipedia (Ector County, Odessa)


Odessa is the county seat of Ector County.


% of population 25 and older with bachelor's degree:
  • 15.0% - Ector County
  • 28.7% - Texas
  • 30.9% - U.S.
% of population 65 and older:
  •   9.7% - Ector County
  • 12.6% - Texas
  • 15.6% - U.S.
% of population living in poverty:
  • 13.5% - Ector County
  • 14.7% - Texas
  • 15.6% - U.S.

Source:  Wikipedia
3rd party votes: 18.8% in 1992, 8.9% in 1996, 3.5% in 2016
(George Wallace received 35.3% of the vote in 1968.)

Ector County voter turnout in the 2018 midterm election was 40%, compared to 53% in the entire state of Texas and 49.3% nationwide.   It's called the Beto effect.  (2014 midterm election turnout in Ector County was 21%.)

Other "Red but not totally into this Trump's America thing" posts:
Colorado.  Jefferson County.  (3/9/2019)
Florida.  Duval County.  (3/14/2019)
Georgia.  Cherokee County.  (3/10/2019)
Georgia.  Fayette County.  (3/10/2019)
Georgia.  Forsyth County.  (3/10/2019)
Kansas.  Johnson County.  (3/9/2019)
Minnesota.  Carver County.  (3/9/2019)
North Carolina.  Union County.  (9/9/2019)
Ohio.  Delaware County  (3/8/2019)
Texas.  Collin County.  (9/21/2019)
Texas.  Denton County.  (9/22/2019)
Texas.  Montgomery County.  (9/25/2019)
Texas.  Williamson County.  (9/25/2019)
Wisconsin.  Ozaukee County.  (3/8/2019)

Related series:
Blue zone sees Trump as con man
Greetings from Trump's America
Not Trump's America

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