Monday, March 22, 2021

Dakota County, Minnesota: Why Republican strategists lose sleep at night

  

3rd party votes:  26.2% in 1992, 12.8% in 1996. 9.2% in 2016
(Alabama segregationist George Wallace received 4.4% of the vote in 1968)

Trump received 9,774 more votes than he did in 2016, a 10% increase.   Biden received 35,563 more votes than Clinton did in 2016, an increase of 32%.

Trump's share of the vote decreased by 1.3 percentage points.  Biden increased Clinton's share of the vote by 8 percentage points. 

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



Demographically speaking.


% of population 25 and older with bachelor's degree:
  • 42.2% - Dakota County
  • 36.1% - Minnesota
  • 32.1% - U.S.
% of population 65 and older:
  • 14.7% - Dakota County
  • 16.3% - Minnesota
  • 16.5% - U.S.
% of population living in poverty:
  •   6.3% - Dakota County
  •   9.0% - Minnesota
  • 10.5% - U.S. (they're joking, of course)

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

Other GOP insomnia locations:
Minnesota.  Anoka County.  (3/22/2021)
Minnesota.  Carver County.  (3/21/2021)
Minnesota.  Washington County.  (3/22/2021)

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