Thursday, March 25, 2021

Douglas County, Colorado: Why Republican strategists lose sleep at night

  

Denver metro area

Douglas County.  From a 59.8 percentage point GOP advantage in 1984 to a 7.2 percentage point GOP advantage in 2020.  Talk about shrinkage.

3rd party votes:  28.7% in 1992, 7% in 1996. 8.7% in 2016
(Alabama segregationist George Wallace received 10.9% of the vote in 1968)

Trump received 18,697 more votes than he did in 2016, a 18% increase.   Biden received 35,996 more votes than Clinton did in 2016, an increase of 52%.

Trump's share of the vote decreased by 2.3 percentage points.  Biden increased Clinton's share of the vote by 8.6 percentage points. 

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

Demographically speaking.

% of population 25 and older with bachelor's degree:
  • 58.0% - Douglas County
  • 40.9% - Colorado
  • 32.1% - U.S.
% of population 65 and older:
  • 12.4% - Douglas County
  • 14.6% - Colorado
  • 16.5% - U.S.
% of population living in poverty:
  •   2.7% - Douglas County
  •   9.3% - Colorado
  • 10.5% - U.S. (they're joking, of course)

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

Other GOP insomnia locations:
Denver metro area:


Colorado.  Arapahoe 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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