Sunday, May 16, 2021

Greetings from Trump's America: Cocke County, Tennessee, 93% white, Trumpier than it was in 2016, and home to a major-league anti-vaccine nutburger


Photo credit:  The Newport Plain Talk, 9/30/2020

New York Times, 4/30/2021
Mr. Cross, who is also a volunteer fire chief for Cocke County, is a tall, lanky east Tennessean with a blue-eyed focus and a warm mountain drawl, whether he’s describing his preferred method to rouse people who have overdosed (ammonia rather than Narcan) or answering questions from Covid patients about how to treat their symptoms (hydrate, eat, take herbal extracts, apply hot and cold compresses). 
Before going to the doctor, many people phone Mr. Cross. Or after the doctor’s medicines don’t seem to be working. 
Although his father died of Covid, Mr. Cross won’t get the vaccine. “We jumped into bed with the vaccine too fast!” he said. While he won’t tell people to get it or not, he says pointedly, “Do your due diligence.”
Definition from WordSense

Original 3/19/2021 post, "Greetings from Trump's America:  Cocke County, Tennessee, 93% white, Trumpier than it was in 2016, and sick with the virus", starts here.

Source:
  Wikipedia 
3rd party votes:  12.1% in 1992, 10.2% in 1996. 2.8% in 2016
(George Wallace received 15% of the vote in 1968)

Trump received 2,371 more votes than he did in 2016, a 24% increase in a county where the population, currently estimated at 36,004, has been flat since 2010.   Biden received 552 more votes than Clinton did in 2016, an increase of 28%.

Trump's share of the vote increased by 1.2 percentage points.  Biden increased Clinton's share of the vote by 0.8 percentage points. 



% of population 25 and older with bachelor's degree:
  • 11.6% - Cocke County
  • 27.3% - Tennessee
  • 32.1% - U.S.
% of population 65 and older:
  • 21.6% - Cocke County
  • 16.7% - Tennessee
  • 16.5% - U.S.
% of population living in poverty:
  • 22.8% - Cocke County
  • 13.9% - Tennessee
  • 10.5% - U.S. (they're joking, of course)

Trump's America:  white, rural, much less educated, much older, less well-off, gullible.


New York Times



Cocke County has been trending in the wrong direction since February 25, although it's nowhere near its December peak.


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