Sunday, April 2, 2023

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

 
94.4% white Guthrie County fell hard for Donald Trump.
 
Source: Wikipedia
3rd party votes: 23.1%in 1992, 10.8% in 1996; 6.8% in 2016
(Alabama segregationist George Wallace received 6% of the vote in 1968)

Trump received 644 more votes than he did in 2016, a 18% increase.

Biden received 253 more votes than Clinton did in 2016, an increase of 15%.

Trump's share of the vote increased by 4 percentage points.  Biden increased Clinton's share of the vote by 1 percentage point.



The population of Guthrie County has decreased 43% from its 1900 peak of 18,729.

Source:  Wikipedia




Percentage of population 25 and older with a bachelor's degree:
  • 20.6% - Guthrie County
  • 29.7% - Iowa
  • 33.7% - U.S.
Percentage of population 65 and older:
  • 23.5% - Guthrie County
  • 17.7% - Iowa
  • 16.8% - U.S.

Related posts:
Pocahontas County.  (3/31/2023)
Ida County.  (3/31/2023)
Van Buren County.  (4/1/2023)

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