Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Red, but not totally into the Trump's America thing: Shawnee County, Kansas


How the red and blue map evolved over the past century.  (America, the Jesuit Review, 6/29/2016)
But 163 counties abandoned Clinton in 1996 and haven’t voted Democratic since. The defections represented a further withering away of the party’s rural and small-town base; Clinton’s liberal social policies evidently were too much for these counties, and pro-life Democrats were becoming increasingly estranged from the national party. Switches included Murfreesboro’s Rutherford County, Tenn.; Topeka’s Shawnee County, Kan.; Owensboro’s Daviess County, Ky.; and Dublin’s Laurens County, in central Georgia. 

Source:  Wikipedia (Shawnee County, Topeka)


Topeka is the county seat of Shawnee County.  (And the state capitol of Kansas.)


% of population 25 and older with bachelor's degree:
  • 30.8% - Shawnee County
  • 31.7% - Kansas
  • 30.9% - U.S.
% of population 65 and older:
  • 18.2% - Shawnee County
  • 14.5% - Kansas
  • 16.0% - U.S.
% of population living in poverty:
  • 13.9% - Shawnee County
  • 12.0% - Kansas
  • 11.8% - U.S.

Source:  Wikipedia
3rd party votes:  25.5% in 1992, 10.5% in 1996, 9% in 2016
(George Wallace received 11.7% of the vote in 1968)

Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library

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)
Kansas.  Leavenworth Coiunty.  (2/11/2020)

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)
Wisconsin.  Waukesha County.  (2/9/2010)

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

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