Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Collin County, Texas: Why Republican strategists lose sleep at night

  

Dallas-Fort Worth metro area

Wikipedia 
3rd party votes:  34% in 1992, 8.5% in 1996. 6/3% in 2016
(Alabama segregationist George Wallace received 23.7% of the vote in 1968)

Trump received 51,304 more votes than he did in 2016, a 26% increase.   Biden received 90,321 more votes than Clinton did in 2016, an increase of 64%.

Trump's share of the vote decreased by 3.8 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:
  • 52.3% - Collin County
  • 29.9% - Texas
  • 32.1% - U.S.
% of population 65 and older:
  • 11.3% - Collin County
  • 12.9% - Texas
  • 16.5% - U.S.
% of population living in poverty:
  •   6.1% - Collin County
  • 13.6% - Texas
  • 10.5% - U.S. (they're joking, of course)

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

Other GOP insomnia locations:
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)

Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area
Minnesota.  Anoka County.  (3/22/2021)
Minnesota.  Carver County.  (3/21/2021)
Mionesota.  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.  Denton County.  (3/24/2020)

Milwaukee metro area
Wisconisn.  Ozaukee County. (3/23/2021) 
Wisconsin.  Waukesha County.  (3/23/2021)

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