Apparently, a Black man running for president was enough to send a significant number of Democrats into the arms of the GOP, never to look back. Then again, segregationist George Wallace received a plurality of the vote here in 1968. In other words, you don't have to scratch far below the surface.
3rd-party candidates received 10.6% of vote in 1992, 8.6% of vote in 1996, 2.0% in 2016;
Segregationist George Wallace received a 17.8% of the vote in 1968)
Trump received 1,366 more votes than he did in 2016, a 38% increase in a county where the population has been stagnant since 1980. Biden received 11 fewer votes than Clinton did in 2016, an decrease of 1%.
Trump's share of the vote increased by 3.5 percentage points. Biden decreased Clinton's share of the vote by 2.2 percentage points.
Currently 95.8% white (compared to 73.5% statewide), Grundy County's population has been in the 13,300-14,400 since 1980, and is down 1,000 from its 2000 peak.
% of population 25 and older with bachelor's degree:
- 13.2% - Grundy County
- 27.3% - Tennessee
- 32.1% - U.S.
% of population 65 and older:
- 21.0% - Grundy County
- 16.7% - Tennessee
- 16.5% - U.S.
% of population living in poverty:
- 21.4% - Grundy County
- 13.9% - Tennessee
- 10.5% - U.S. (they're joking, of course)
Trump's America: White, rural, stagnant population, education levels well below average, widespread poverty, older, gullible.
Which brings us to the pandemic.
3 peaks since Election Day. What a public health disaster!