Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Boone County, Indiana: Why Republican strategists lose sleep at night

  

Suburban Indianapolis

3rd party votes:  22.4% in 1992, 9.3% in 1996. 8.3% in  2016
(Alabama segregationist George Wallace received 10.3% of the vote in 1968)

Trump received 2,697 more votes than he did in 2016, a 14% increase.   Biden received 5.063 more votes than Clinton did in 2016, an increase of 30%.

Trump's share of the vote decreased by 2.4 percentage points.  Biden increased Clinton's share of the vote by 8.3 percentage points. 

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

% of population 25 and older with bachelor's degree:
  • 49.3% - Wisconsin County
  • 26.5% - Indiana
  • 32.1% - U.S.
% of population 65 and older:
  • 13.8% - Boone County
  • 16.1% - Wisconsin
  • 16.5% - U.S.
% of population living in poverty:
  •   6.9% - Boone County
  • 11.9% - Wisconsin
  • 10.5% - U.S. (they're joking, of course)

The GOP dumbing down of America is not working in Boone 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)

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