Saturday, May 29, 2021

Dear eastern Oregon residents, Idaho's most populous and fastest growing county is not as conservative as you think Best, Retiring Guy


Or, "Why the GOP believes that voter suppression is the only path to survival".

Ada County, of which Boise is the county seat went from a 46.2 percentage point GOP advantage in 1984 to a 3.9 percentage point GOP advantage in 2020.

3rd party votes:  26.5% in 1992, 11% in 1996, 13.4% in 2016
(Alabama segregationist George Wallace 
received 12.9% of the vote in 1968)

Trump received 36,947 more votes than he did in 2016, a 40% increase.   Biden received 44,842 more votes than Clinton in 2016, an increase of 60%.

Trump's share of the vote increased by 2.4 percentage points.  Biden increased Clinton's share of the vote by 7.7 percentage points.

Idaho Statesman, 5/19/2021
Proponents say the “swaths of conservative, pro-Trump, anti-tax voters” in rural parts of Oregon have more in common with Idaho, which they want to claim as their own state. Oregon, which currently has two Democratic senators in the U.S. Senate, has voted blue in presidential elections since 1988, while Idaho, with two Republican U.S. senators, has voted red in presidential contests since 1968. 
“This election proves that rural Oregon wants out of Oregon,” Mike McCarter, president of Citizens for Greater Idaho, said in a news release. “If we’re allowed to vote for which government officials we want, we should be allowed to vote for which government we want as well.”




Demographically speaking. 
 

US Census Bureau QuickFacts

% of population 25 and older with bachelor's degree:
  • 38.5% - Ada County
  • 27.6% - Idaho
  • 32.1% - U.S.
% of population 65 and older:
  • 14.9% - Ada County
  • 16.3% - Idaho
  • 16.5% - U.S.
% of population living in poverty:
  •   9.4% - Ada County
  • 11.2% - Idaho
  • 10.5% - U.S. (they're joking, of course)

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

Where the GOP believes that voter suppression is the only path to survival
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)

Baltimore/Washington D.C. metro area
Maryland.  Anne Arundel County.  (4/21/2021)
Maryland.  Baltimore County.  (4/21/2021)
Maryland.  Howard County.  (4/21/2021)
Maryland.  Montgomery County.  (4/21/2020)
Maryland.  Prince George's County.  (4/21/2021)

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 MO/KS metro area:


Missouri.  Clay County.  (4/22/2021)
Missouri.  Platte County.  (3/22/2021)
Kansas.  Johnson County.  (4/22/2021)

Charlotte metro area:


North Carolina.  Cabarrus County.  (4/23/2021)
North Carolina.  Mecklenburg County.  (4/23/2021)

Columbus metro area:
Ohio.  Delaware County.  (4/2/2021)
Ohio.  Franklin County.  (4/2/2021)

Portland metro area:

Oregon.  Clackamas County.  (5/4/2021)
Oregon.  Washington County.  (5/4/2021)
Oregon.  Yamhill County.  (5/4/2021)

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)

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