Top headline: New York Times, 2/16/2025
3rd party votes: 12.5% in 1992, 11.7% in 1996, 3.3% in 2016
(Alabama segregationist George Wallace
received 12.1% of the vote in 1968)
Election results and population: Wikipedia
Bottom headline: Washington Post, 2/18/2025
Letcher County has lost half of its population since its 1940 peak.
Its demographics make it prime territory for MAGA snookering.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts
Residents of Letcher County are very dependent on government aid.
% of population living in poverty:
- 23.8% - Letcher County
- 16.4% - Kentucky
- 10.1% - U.S.
% of population 25 and over with bachelor's degree or higher:
- 13.7% - Letcher County
- 27.0% - Kentucky
- 35.0% - U.S.
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Taylor County Wisconsin. (2/15)
Trempealeau County, Wisconsin. (2/15)
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