Greetings from Trump's America: Scott County, Tennessee, 97% white, Trumpier than it was in 2016, and sicker with the virus after Election Day

 

Scott County has always voted for the GOP presidential candidate.  Not even native son Al Gore -- on the ballot in 1992, 1996, and 2000 --  was enough to flip the county to the Democrats.  

Source:  Wikipedia

3rd-party candidates received 10.6% of vote in 1992, 8.6% of vote in 1996, 2.0% in 2016;

Segregationist George Wallace received a 17.8% of the vote in 1968)

Trump received 1,960 more votes than he did in 2016, a 32% increase in a county that has grown just 5% since 2000.  Biden received 52 more votes than Clinton did in 2016, an increase of 5%.

Trump's share of the vote increased by 3.5 percentage points.  Biden decreased Clinton's share of the vote by 2.2 percentage points.

Currently 97% white (compared to 73.5% statewide), Scott County's population has been in the 21,000-22,300 since 2000.

U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

% of population 25 and older with bachelor's degree:

•    9.2% - Scott County
• 27.3% - Tennessee
• 32.1% - U.S.

% of population 65 and older:

• 17.2% - Scott County
• 16.7% - Tennessee
• 16.5% - U.S.

% of population living in poverty:

• 22.0% - Scott County
• 13.9% - Tennessee
• 10.5% - U.S. (they're joking, of course)

Trump's America: White, rural, stagnant population, education levels well below average, widespread poverty, older, gullible.

Which brings us to the pandemic.

3 peaks since Election Day. (Takes awhile for stuff to sink in, eh?)

New York Times

Still trending at the deepest red level.

Other Trump's America posts:

Alabama
Autauga County.  (6/29/2017)
Bibb County.  (11/10/2017)
Covington County. (11/11/2017)
Dale County.  (12/12/2017)
Geneva County.  (11/11/2017)
Marion County.  (11/11/2017)

Arizona
8th congressional district.  (4/25/2018)

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Faulkner County.  (3/20/2018)
Mississippi County.  (3/19/2018)
Woodruff County.  (3/26/2018)

California
Mesa County.  (7/20/2017)
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Morgan County.  (4/25/2017)

Florida
Citrus County.  (3/5/2017)
DeSoto County,.  (9/9/2017)

Georgia
Hall County.  (1/31)

Idaho
Benewah County.  (12/24/2020)

Kootenai County.  (9/25/2017)

Illinois
Effingham County.  (2/15/2018)
Franklin County.  (2/27/2017)
Jo Daviess County.  (5/13/2018)
Knox County.  (5/13/2018)
McHenry County.  (2/5/2017)
Perry County.  (5/8/2017)
Stephenson County.  (5/13/2018)
Whiteside County.  (5/13/2018)
16th Congressional District.  (3/26/2017)

Indiana
Granger.  (3/26/2017)
Hendricks County.  (10/1/2017)
Huntington County.  (4/27/2017)
Jefferson County.  (3/10/2018)

Jennings County.  (12/26/2020)
Posey County.  (10/21/2017)
Scott County,.  (12/26/2020 update)

Iowa
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Allamakee County.  (7/31/2018)
Appanoose County.  (8/4/2018)
Benton County.  (8/2/2018)
Boone County.  (1/15/2017)
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Lee County.  (12/9/2017)
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Martin County.  (3/22/2018)
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Butler County.  (7/22/2018)

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Sioux County.  (12/22/2018)

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Lee County.  (2/15/2020)
Patrick County.  (2/29/2020)
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Scott County.  (2/16/2020)
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Washington County.  (2/16/2020)
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Washington
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West Virginia
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Jackson County.  (6/18/2017)
Marshall County.  (2/7/2018)
Mason County.  (12/16/2017)
McDowell County.  (7/10/2017)
Mingo County.  (3/25/2018)
Summers County.  (3/25/2018)
Wayne County.  (3/24/2018)
Wood County.  (1/15/2019)

Wisconsin
6th congressional district.  (1/27/2018)
Adams County.  (2/6/2017)
Buffalo County.  (3/19/2017)
Burnett County.  (2/24/2018)
Clark County,.  (8/13/2018)
Crawford County.  (5/14/2018)
Fond du Lac County.  (3/7/2018)
Grant County.  (5/16/2018)
Green Lake County.  (1/26/2018)
Jackson County.  (1/6/2021)
Johnson Creek.  (1/21/2017)
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Oneida County.  (4/24/2017)
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Price County.  (12/23/2018 update)
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Taylor County.  (12/23/2018 update)
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Winnebago County.  (11/27/2017)
Wood County.  (3/8/2018)