Friday, March 31, 2023

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


91.2% white Pocahontas County fell hard for Donald Trump.

Source: 
Wikipedia
3rd party votes: 21.6% in 1992, 12.5% in 1996; 5.2% in 2016
(George Wallace received 5.2% of the vote in 1968)

Trump received 124 more votes than he did in 2016, a 4% increase.

Biden received 30 fewer votes than Clinton did in 2016, an decrease of 3%.

Trump's share of the vote increased by 4 percentage points.  Biden decreased Clinton's share of the vote by 0.5 percentage points.





The population of Pocahontas County has decreased 56% from its 1940 peak of 16,266.

Source:  Wikipedia


Percentage of population 25 and older with a bachelor's degree:
  • 17.1% - Pocahontas County
  • 29.7% - Iowa
  • 33.7% - U.S.
Percentage of population 65 and older:
  • 23.6% - Pocahontas County
  • 17.7% - Iowa
  • 16.8% - U.S.

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