Sunday, September 27, 2020

GET ME REWRITE: In 2016, the WOW counties weren't all that into Trump's America thing (Waukesha County edition)




Waukesha County, the most populous of the three suburban counties, is 92.5 percent white and less than 2 percent Black, figures that have not budged in the last decade, according to he census.
“If you had to find a part of the country that is an example of white flight, Milwaukee would be a poster child,” said Barry Burden, the director of the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.


Here's a comparison of the racial/ethnic demographics of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, and the U.S.  (2019 Census Bureau estimates) 


In 2016, Donald Trump received 20,255 fewer votes that Mitt Romney did in 2012, a decrease if 12.4%

In 2016, Hillary Clinton received 425 more votes than Barack Obama did in 2012, an increase of 0.5%.

What bubble?


And here's where Trip seriously gets tripped up.

He hangs his argument on a statement from Scott Walker.

“The WOW counties are key,” said Scott Walker, the former Republican governor of Wisconsin, using the nickname for the three Milwaukee suburban counties of Waukesha, Ozaukee and Washington. 
Mr. Walker said in an interview that the president’s warnings, usually in lurid terms, of civil unrest that would ensue under a Democratic White House were working to solidify wavering suburban Republicans, who four years ago were lukewarm to Mr. Trump. 
He described a group of five couples that he and his wife, Tonette, have known since they were young parents in Wauwatosa, a Milwaukee suburb. Mr. Trump’s tone and personality repulsed the wives, he said, adding that his wife “would say to me, ‘He’s in trouble.’” But that is no longer the case. “ 
A number have completely changed their minds since Kenosha,” Mr. Walker said.


Best to take anything Scooter sez with a grain of salt, Trip.

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