Adams County, Colorado: Why Republican strategists lose sleep at night

  

Denver metro area

Adams County.  From a 21,6 percentage point GOP advantage in 1984 to a 16.3 percentage point Democratic advantage in 2020.

Wikipedia 

3rd party votes:  26.1% in 1992, 9.8% in 1996. 8.8% in 2016

(Alabama segregationist George Wallace received 10.9% of the vote in 1968)

Trump received 15,575 more votes than he did in 2016, a 19% increase.   Biden received 37,644 more votes than Clinton did in 2016, an increase of 39%.

Trump's share of the vote decreased by 1.0 percentage points.  Biden increased Clinton's share of the vote by 6.8 percentage points. 

The GOP suburban problem, graphed.  (Same source as line graph above.)

Demographically speaking.

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

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

• 24.3% - Adams County
• 40.9% - Colorado
• 32.1% - U.S.

% of population 65 and older:

• 10.7% - Adams County
• 14.6% - Colorado
• 16.5% - U.S.

% of population living in poverty:

•   9.3% - Adams County
•   9.3% - Colorado
• 10.5% - U.S. (they're joking, of course)

The GOP dumbing down of America is not working in Adams County.

Other GOP insomnia locations:

Denver metro area:

Colorado.  Arapahoe County.  (3/25/2021)

Colorado.  Douglas County.  (3/25/2021)

Colorado.  Jefferson County.  (3/25/2021)

Indianpolis metro area:

Indiana.  Hamilton County.  (3/23/2021)
Indiana.  Hancock County.  (3/23/2021)
Indiana.  Hendricks County.  (3/23/2021)
Indiana.  Johnson County.  (3/23/2021)

Indiana.  Marion County.  (3/24/2021)

Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area

Minnesota.  Anoka County.  (3/22/2021)

Minnesota.  Carver County.  (3/21/2021)

Minnesota.  Dakota County.  (3/22/2021)

Minnesota.  Washington County.  (3/22/2021)

Kansas City metro area:

Missouri.  Clay County.  (3/22/2021)

Missouri.  Platte County.  (3/22/2021)

Dallas/Fort Worth metro area:

Texas.  Collin County.  (3/24/2021)

Texas.  Dallas County.  (3/24/2021)

Texas.  Denton County.  (3/24/2021)

Texas.  Ellis County.  (3/24/2021)

Texas.  Kaufman County.  (3/24/2021)

Texas.  Tarrant County.  (3/24/2021)

Milwaukee metro area

Wisconisn.  Ozaukee County. (3/23/2021) 

Wisconsin.  Waukesha County.  (3/23/2021)