Wednesday, November 6, 2024

Normalizing and sanewashing Donald Trump works to perfection in Collin County, Texas

 
Donald Trump received 252,318 votes in 2020 and 278,427 votes in 2024, a 10% increase of 26,109.   

Joe Biden received 230,945 votes in 2020, and Kamala Harris received 220,629 votes in 2024, a 4.6% decrease of 10,316.  


Note:  2024 vote tallies are preliminary.

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In 1984, Ronald Reagan won Collin County by 63.4 percentage points.

In 2020, Donald Trump won the county by just 4.4 percentage points.

Will the county flip from Red to Blue in 2024?

3rd party votes:  34% in 1992, 8.5% in 1996. 6/3% in 2016
(Alabama segregationist George Wallace received 23.7% of the vote in 1968)

Trump received 51,304 more votes than he did in 2016, a 26% increase.   Biden received 90,321 more votes than Clinton did in 2016, an increase of 64%.

Trump's share of the vote decreased by 3.8 percentage points.  Biden increased Clinton's share of the vote by 8.4 percentage points. 

Collin County's population has increased more than 700% since 1980.


And its population is very diverse.


With its residents having, on average, a higher level of education, Collin County is not fertile ground for MAGA.

% of population 25 and older with bachelor's degree:
  • 54.3% - Collin County
  • 32.3% - Texas
  • 34.3% - U.S.
% of population 65 and older:
  • 11.9% - Collin County
  • 13.7% - Texas
  • 17.7% - U.S.
% of population living in poverty:
  •   4.8% - Collin County
  • 13.7% - Texas
  • 11.1% - U.S. 




Other counties to take note of on Election Day 2024:
Ada County, Idaho.  (11/3/2024)
Delaware County, Ohio.  (11/2/2024)
Collin County, Texas.  (11/2/2024)
Denton County, Texas.  (11/2/2024)
Tarrant County, Texas.  (11/5/2024)

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