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

  

Dallas-Fort Worth metro area

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3rd party votes:  31.4% in 1992, 10.6% in 1996. 3.4% in 2016

(Alabama segregationist George Wallace received 29% of the vote in 1968)

Trump received 8,037 more votes than he did in 2016, a 27% increase.   Biden received 8,127 more votes than Clinton did in 2016, an increase of 79%.

Trump's share of the vote decreased by 5.4 percentage points.  Biden increased Clinton's share of the vote by 7.6 percentage points. 

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

Demographically speaking.

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

% of population 25 and older with bachelor's degree:

• 20.5% - Kaufman County
• 29.9% - Texas
• 32.1% - U.S.

% of population 65 and older:

• 11.8% - Kaufman County
• 12.9% - Texas
• 16.5% - U.S.

% of population living in poverty:

•   9.8% - Kaufman County
• 13.6% - Texas
• 10.5% - U.S. (they're joking, of course)

With a 13 percentage point shift in the vote, it's clear that the GOP plan for dumbing down America is not working in Kaufman 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.  Collin County.  (3/24/2020)

Texas.  Denton County.  (3/24/2020)

Texas.  Ellis County.  (3/24/2021)

Milwaukee metro area

Wisconisn.  Ozaukee County. (3/23/2021) 

Wisconsin.  Waukesha County.  (3/23/2021)