Wednesday, March 24, 2021

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

 

Dallas-Fort Worth metro area

From a 30 percentage point GOP advantage in 1984 to a 31.6 percentage point Democratic advantage in 2020.  Sayonara @TexasGOP.

3rd party votes:  26.3% in 1992, 7.2% in 1996. 5.4% in 2016
(Alabama segregationist George Wallace received 15.3% of the vote in 1968)

Trump received 44,131 more votes than he did in 2016, a 17% increase.   Biden received 137,496 more votes than Clinton did in 2016, an increase of 30%.

Trump's share of the vote decreased by 1.0 percentage points.  Biden increased Clinton's share of the vote by 4.6 percentage points. 

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

Demographically speaking.

% of population 25 and older with bachelor's degree:
  • 31.5% - Dallas County
  • 29.9% - Texas
  • 32.1% - U.S.
% of population 65 and older:
  • 11.1% - Dallas County
  • 12.9% - Texas
  • 16.5% - U.S.
% of population living in poverty:
  • 14.0% - Dallas County
  • 13.6% - Texas
  • 10.5% - U.S. (they're joking, of course)

The GOP dumbing down of America is not working in Dallas 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)
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.  Denton County.  (3/24/2021)
Texas.  Ellis County.  (3/24/2021)
Texas.  Kaufman County.  (3/24/2021)

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

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