Saturday, April 1, 2023

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

 

96.1% white Van Buren County fell hard for Donald Trump.

Source: 
Wikipedia
3rd party votes: 22.3%in 1992, 12.2% in 1996; 5.2% in 2016
(Alabama segregationist George Wallace received 6.3% of the vote in 1968)

Trump received 362 more votes than he did in 2016, a 13% increase.

Biden received 30 more votes than Clinton did in 2016, an increase of 3%.

Trump's share of the vote increased by 4.5 percentage points.  Biden decreased Clinton's share of the vote by 0.6 percentage points.





The population of Van Buren County has decreased 60% from its 1870 peak of 17,672.

Source:  Wikipedia


Percentage of population 25 and older with a bachelor's degree:
  • 16.3% - Van Buren County
  • 29.7% - Iowa
  • 33.7% - U.S.
Percentage of population 65 and older:
  • 22.2% - Van Buren County
  • 17.7% - Iowa
  • 16.8% - U.S.

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Pocahontas County.  (3/31/2023)
Ida County.  (3/31/2023)

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