Tuesday, October 25, 2022

In 2020, Montgomery County Virginia confirmed that it is not Trump's America


Source:  Wikipedia 
3rd party votes:  14.7% in 1992, 12% in 1996. 8.3% in 2016
(Alabama segregationist George Wallace received 15.2% of the vote in 1968.)


New York Times, 10/23/2022
Marie March, a restaurant owner in the town of Christiansburg [county seat of Montgomery County], said she embodied “the mind-set of the Trump MAGA voter.” 
“You feel like you’re the underdog and you don’t get a fair shake, so you look for people that are going to shake it up,” she said of the local support for Mr. Trump’s dispute of the election results. 
“We don’t feel like we’ve had a voice.” Ms. March, who said she attended the Jan. 6 rally in Washington but did not go to the Capitol, was inspired by Mr. Trump to win a seat in the state legislature last year. She said she could drive 225 miles east from the Kentucky border and see only Trump signs. No one in the region could imagine that he received fewer votes than President Biden, she insisted.  [emphasis added]

Reminds me of a college friends, who the day after the 1972 presidential election, lamented the outcome with the observation, "I can't believe Nixon won.  Everybody I know voted for McGovern."


Original 2/26/2022 post, "Not Trump's America:  Montgomery County, Virginia, home of Virginia Tech", starts here.

Source:  Wikipedia (Montgomery County, Blacksburg)

Blacksburg is the largest city in Montgomery County.  


% of population 25 and older with bachelor's degree:
  • 45.8% - Montgomery County
  • 38.2% - Virginia
  • 30.9% - U.S.
% of population 65 and older:
  • 12.6% - Montgomery County
  • 15.4% - Virginia
  • 16.0% - U.S.
% of population living in poverty:
  • 24.1% - Montgomery County
  • 10.7% - Virginia
  • 11.8% - U.S.

Source:  Wikipedia 
3rd party votes:  14.7% in 1992, 12% in 1996. 8.3% in 2016
(George Wallace received 15.2% of the vote in 1968)

Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library (Blacksburg)

Other Not Trump's America posts:
California.  Nevada County.  (5/13/2019)

Colorado.  Arapahoe County.  (2/7/2020)

Florida.  Hillsborough County.  ( 3/14/2019)
Florida.  Orange County.  (3/14/2019)

Georgia.  Cobb County.  (3/10/2019)
Georgia.  Douglas County.  (3/10/2019)

Kansas.  Douglas County.  (2/11/2020)

Minnesota.  Washington County.  (7/6/2019)

Missouri.  Clay County.  (6/9/2019)

New Mexico.  Dona Ana County.  (6/9/2019)

North Carolina.  Forsyth County.  (3/13/2019)
North Carolina.  Guilford County.  (3/13/2019)
North Carolina.  Mecklenburg County.  (3/13/2019)
North Carolina.  Wake County.  (3/20/2019)

Pennsylvania.  Centre County.  (3/25/2019)
Pennsylvania.  Chester County.  (3/11/2019)

Texas.  Tarrant County.  (9/7/2019)

Virginia.  Chesterfield County.  (2/1/2020)
Virginia.  Fairfax County.  (2/5/2020)
Virginia.  Loudoun County.  (2/3/2020)
Virginia.  Prince William County.  (2/4/2020)


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