Sunday, February 9, 2020

Red, but not totally into that Trump's America thing: Waukesha County, Wisconsin, the inspiration for an unsubstantiated New York Times subhead


And how does the New York Times know this?

Because a handful of people told reporter Sabrina Tavernise so.  
But in about two dozen interviews over three days, many Republicans said that while they voted for Mr. Trump reluctantly in 2016, they no longer felt hesitant.

24, huh?

What about the 20,255 fewer votes that Trump received in 2016 compared to Mitt Romney in 2012?  (142,543 for Trump; 162,798 for Romney)

And what about the 445 more votes that Clinton received in 2016 compared to Obama in 2012?  (79,224 for Clinton; 78,779 for Obama).

They do now

Let's call it the one-tenth-of-one-percent conclusion!

Source:  Wikipedia
3rd party votes: 20.9% in 1992, 6.7% in 1996, 8.7% in 2016
(George Wallace received 8.1% of the vote in 1968)

Source:  Wikipedia (Waukesha County, Waukesha)




% of population 25 and older with bachelor's degree:
  • 43.6% - Waukesha County
  • 29.5% - Wisconsin
  • 30.9% - U.S.
% of population 65 and older:
  • 18.7% - Waukesha County
  • 17.0% - Wisconsin
  • 16.0% - U.S.
% of population living in poverty:
  •   5.0% - Waukesha County
  • 11.0% - Wisconsin
  • 15.6% - U.S.

Other "Red but not totally into that Trump's America thing" posts:
Colorado.  Douglas County.  (2/7/2020)
Colorado.  Jefferson County.  (3/9/2019)

Florida.  Duval County.  (3/14/2019)

Georgia.  Cherokee County.  (3/10/2019)
Georgia.  Coweta County.  (1/19/2020)
Georgia.  Fayette County.  (3/10/2019)
Georgia.  Forsyth County.  (3/10/2019)

Iowa.  Dallas County.  (2/3/2020)

Kansas.  Johnson County.  (3/9/2019)

Michigan.  Livingston County.  (1/21/2020)

Minnesota.  Carver County.  (3/9/2019)

Missouri.  Platte County.  (12/11/2019)

North Carolina.  Cabarras County.  (2/4/2020)
North Carolina.  Union County.  (9/9/2019)

Ohio.  Delaware County  (3/8/2019)

Oregon.  Yamhill County.  (1/15/2020)

Texas.  Amarillo.  (1/24/2020)
Texas.  Collin County.  (9/21/2019)
Texas.  Denton County.  (9/22/2019)
Texas.  Williamson County.  (9/25/2019)

Virginia.  Powhatan County.  (2/1/2020)

Washington. Yakima County.  (11/23/2019)

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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