Friday, March 26, 2021

Cobb County, Georgia: Why the GOP believes that voter suppression is the only path to survival

  

Atlanta metro area

Cobb County.  From a 54.8 percentage point GOP advantage in 1984 to a 14.3 percentage point Democratic advantage in 2020.

Wikipedia 
3rd party votes:  14.9% in 1992, 6.3% in 1996. 6.3% in 2016
(Alabama segregationist George Wallace received 39.4% of the vote in 1968)

Trump received 12,524 more votes than he did in 2016, a 8% increase.   Biden received 61,726 more votes than Clinton did in 2016, an increase of 39%.

Trump's share of the vote decreased by 03.8 percentage points.  Biden increased Clinton's share of the vote by 8.4 percentage points. 

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


Demographically speaking.

% of population 25 and older with bachelor's degree:
  • 47.4% - Cobb County
  • 31.3% - Georgia
  • 32.1% - U.S.
% of population 65 and older:
  • 12.7% - Cobb County
  • 14.3% - Georgia
  • 16.5% - U.S.
% of population living in poverty:
  •   8.3% - County
  • 13.3% - Cobb Georgia
  • 10.5% - U.S. (they're joking, of course)

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

Other GOP insomnia locations:
Denver metro area:

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