Thursday, March 25, 2021

City and County of Denver, Colorado: Why Republican strategists lose sleep at night

 

City and County of Denver

From a 1.2 percentage point GOP advantage in 1980 to a 61 percentage point Democratic advantage in 2020.

3rd party votes:  18.6% in 1992, 8.2% in 1996. 7.4% in 2016
(Alabama segregationist George Wallace received 7.3% of the vote in 1968)

Trump received 7,129 more votes than he did in 2016, a 12% increase.   Biden received 14,096 more votes than Clinton did in 2016, an increase of 31%.

Trump's share of the vote decreased by 0.7 percentage points.  Biden increased Clinton's share of the vote by 6.1 percentage points. 

Denver's population.  (Same source as line graph above.)


Demographically speaking.

% of population 25 and older with bachelor's degree:
  • 49.4% - City and County of Denver
  • 40.9% - Colorado
  • 32.1% - U.S.
% of population 65 and older:
  • 11.9% - City and County of Denver
  • 14.6% - Colorado
  • 16.5% - U.S.
% of population living in poverty:
  • 12.1% - City and County of Denver
  •   9.3% - Colorado
  • 10.5% - U.S. (they're joking, of course)

The GOP dumbing down of America will never work in Denver.

Other GOP insomnia locations:
Denver metro area:

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

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