Friday, March 31, 2023

Greetings from Trump's America: Ida County, Iowa, where the local GOP party wants to censure Joni Ernst for her vote on marriage equality

 
93.5% white Ida County fell hard for Donald Trump.

Source: 
Wikipedia
3rd party votes: 25.4% in 1992, 12.3% in 1996; 4.6% in 2016
(George Wallace received 4.6% of the vote in 1968)

Trump received 225 more votes than he did in 2016, a 8% increase.

Biden received 124 more votes than Clinton did in 2016, an increase of 16%.

Trump's share of the vote increased by 1.3 percentage points.  Biden increased Clinton's share of the vote by 1.9 percentage points.





The population of Ida County has decreased 43% from its 1900 peak of 12,327.

Source:  Wikipedia


Percentage of population 25 and older with a bachelor's degree:
  • 19.7% - Ida County
  • 29.7% - Iowa
  • 33.7% - U.S.
Percentage of population 65 and older:
  • 21.3% - Ida County
  • 17.7% - Iowa
  • 16.8% - U.S.

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