Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Joe Biden flipped Tarrant County Texas in 2020. Will Kamala Harris expand the Democrats' margin of victory?


In 1984, Ronald Reagan won McHenry County by 34.7 percentage points.

In 2020, Donald Trump lost the county by 0.2 percentage points.

Wikipedia   Election returns and population
3rd party votes:  28% in 1992, 7.5% in 1996. 5.1% in 2016
(Alabama segregationist George Wallace received 15.3% of the vote in 1968)

Trump received 63,820 more votes than he did in 2016, a 18% increase.   Biden received 123,175 more votes than Clinton did in 2016, an increase of 43%.

Trump's share of the vote decreased by 2.6 percentage points.  Biden increased Clinton's share of the vote by 6.2 percentage points. 

The population of Tarrant County has nearly doubled since 1980.


  
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

% of population 25 and older with bachelor's degree:
  • 33.9% - Tarrant County
  • 32.3% - Texas
  • 34.3% - U.S.
% of population 65 and older:
  • 12.7% - Tarrant County
  • 13.7% - Texas
  • 17.7% - U.S.
% of population living in poverty:
  • 10.6% - Tarrant 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)

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