Franklin County, Ohio: Why the GOP believes that voter suppression is the only path to survival

 

Columbus metro area 

Franklin County:  From a 30.4 percentage point GOP advantage in 1984 to a 31.3 percentage point Democratic advantage in 2020.

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3rd party votes:  18.4% in 1992, 7.3% in 1996, 6.3% in 2016

(Alabama segregationist George Wallace received 13% of the vote in 1968)

Trump received 11,906 more votes than he did in 2016, a 6% increase.   Biden received 57,946 more votes than Clinton did in 2016, an increase of 16%.

Trump's share of the vote decreased by 0.5 percentage points. Biden increased Clinton's share of the vote by 4.9 percentage points.

Demographically speaking.

Source:  US Census Bureau QuickFacts

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

• 40.0% - Franklin County
• 28.3% - Ohio
• 32.1% - U.S.

% of population 65 and older:

• 12.4% - Franklin County
• 17.5% - Ohio
• 16.5% - U.S.

% of population living in poverty:

• 13.5% - Franklin County
• 13.1% - Ohio
• 10.5% - U.S. (they're joking, of course)

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

Other GOP nightmare locations:

Denver metro area:

Colorado.  Adams County.  (3/25/2021)

Colorado.  Arapahoe County.  (3/25/2021)

Colorado.  Denver County.  (3/25/2021)
Colorado.  Douglas County.  (3/25/2021)

Colorado.  Jefferson County.  (3/25/2021)

Atlanta metro area:

Georgia.  Clayton County.  (3/26/2021)

Georgia.  Cobb County.  (3/26/2021)

Georgia.  DeKalb County.  (3/26/2021)

Georgia.  Douglas County.  (3/27/2021)

Georgia.  Fayette County.  (3/27/2021)

Georgia.  Forsyth County.  (3/26/2021)

Georgia.  Gwinnett County.  (3/26/2021)

Georgia.  Henry County.  (3/26/2021)

Georgia   Rockdale County.  (3/26/2021)

Chicago metro area:

Illinois.  DeKalb County.  (3/29/2021)

Illinois.  DuPage County.  (3/30/2021)

Illinois.  Kane County.  (3/30/2021)

Illinois.  Kendall County.  (3/30/2021) 

Illinois.  Lake County.  (3/29/2021)

Illinois.  McHenry County.  (3/29/2021)

Illinois.  Will County.  (3/30/2021)

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)

Austin metro area:

Texas.  Hays County.  (4/1/2021)

Texas.  Travis County.  (3/31/2021)

Texas.  Willliamson County.  (3/31/2021)

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)

Houston metro area

Texas.  Fort Bend County.  (3/31/2021)

Texas.  Harris County.  (3/31/2021)

Washington DC metro area

Virginia.  Arlington County.  (3/28/2021)

Virginia.  Fairfax County.  (3/28/2021)

Virginia.  Loudoun County.  (3/28/2021)

Virginia.  Prince William County.  (3/28/2021)

Virginia.  Stafford County.  (3/28/2021)

Milwaukee metro area

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

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