Posted on 11/17/2016 3:11:50 PM PST by Clintonfatigued
In 2000, Al Gore narrowly won the popular vote, but carried fewer than 700 counties. In 2012, President Obama squeezed even more advantage from the biggest places: He carried 86 of the nation’s 100 largest counties (including the District of Columbia), winning them by nearly 12 million votes combined. That allowed him to win comfortably, although he carried only about 600 of the remaining 3,000 counties, and lost them by nearly 7 million votes combined.
This year, Hillary Clinton pushed that model just past the breaking point. Pending final results, she now leads in 88 of the nation’s 100 largest counties (including D.C.). Suffering a slight decline in African American support, Clinton did not quite match Obama’s vote margins in some crucial metropolitan areas, particularly Detroit, Milwaukee, and Philadelphia.
But overall, she delivered a dominant performance in most urban centers and many affluent white-collar suburbs. She held Trump to less than one-fourth of the vote in such mega-counties as Manhattan, Cook (Chicago), and Los Angeles; expanded on Obama’s margins in growing Sunbelt cities such as Miami, Charlotte, and Houston; and utterly routed Trump in thriving new economy centers like Austin, Silicon Valley, and Seattle. At latest tally, Clinton won the nation’s 100 largest counties by fully 12.6 million votes—an historic lead certain to widen with many more West Coast ballots yet to count.
But Clinton suffered far greater losses than Obama outside of this vibrant urban core. Tom Bonier, the chief executive of the Democratic targeting firm TargetSmart, says that with final results still pending in some states, Clinton has won only about 420 counties total—far fewer than any popular vote winner over the past century. In the roughly 3000 counties beyond the 100 largest, Trump trounced Clinton by about 11.5 million votes.
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Look at the map of counties or without geographical boundaries and you’d never guess that the race was close. There are tiny dots of blue in an ocean of red, but those dots of blue are big, heavily populated cities where Clinton won by huge margins. Trump swept the countryside by huge margins.
1. Who has all the guns?
2. Where does your food come from?
The difference in political opinion between urban areas and rural areas is not new.
It has always been that way.
I have never been able to understand “why” that is.
Perhaps it is that rural folks have a need thus a tradition to be self reliant, city folks not so much. Sad thing though, the American demographic time bomb has already been set in motion.
Yep!!!!
The districts have revolted and overthrown the Capitol.
Now add the demographic map where the 7.4% of the population with military experience resides.
Just for fun.
That’s a scary looking assault rifle AR-15 50 caliber BMG (Big-Monster-Gun)in your graphic. It’s got a fully-automatic trigger in front of that pistol-style grip; probably a bayonet lug, grenade launcher, or even a threaded barrel cropped from the pointy end in your photo; and what looks like a death ray clamped on top. Absolutely deplorable.
It is not just guns they need to think about. Where is the power produced and what area do the big tower lines cross? Where is the food grown that the big cities need to survive? Where does the water come from that they need to drink and flush their toilets with?
What shape would the concentration of dems be in if all of these things failed to get to the cities for a week or two?
Hmmmmmm
And I have been hearing about some kind of revolt coming from the dems? That might not be the smartest thing for them to be thinking about.
People who desire hedonism flock to where the fleshpots are.
The left never tried to institute legal abortion at the state level. They prefered no abortion to regional abortion. The reason for that was obvious. All the people who desired a lifestyle of carousing and acting like bunnies would have flocked to those enclaves, vastly reducing the overall possibility for leftwing presence in the Senate.
We will probably see this acted out with drug use. I know people (not really friends) who are planning to move to Colorado for marijuana use. We will likely see enough of that to shift the representatives from many districts solidly in a social conservative direction while miring Colorado in a laconic buzz state from which it’s new voting demographic will not let it escape.
“But Clinton suffered far greater losses than Obama outside of this vibrant urban core.”
You mean, out here in the REAL world? ;)
I love all the oped pieces posted by the leftist know-nothing media. Who GAF what they have to say. Besides this has always been this way.
There has ALWAYS been a divide in cities vs the suburbs and counties. DUH
Cities are usually made up of singles in college or just out of college professionals in their 20s and the others are state workers and leeches living off the system. It’s the perfect combination for socialism.
Yep, the gun grabbers are afraid of the wrong rifles.
Wake up and smell the coffee. 250 years ago, the Founders warned us that city people vote to give away their rights and sovereignty to a powerful central government.
One of the biggest reasons for the severe shift of America to the Marxist left is because of the huge swell of city populations since WWII. Prior to WWII, most people lived on family farms in the country. Now it is very few and most people live in relatively large cities, mostly coastal cities.
The founders warned us of this 250 years ago. It is yet another reason the New World Order globalist are pushing for Agenda 21 with its dense housing, transit, and bike lanes, while trying to eliminate private car ownership and kick people out of rural homes.
Once everybody lives in big cities and rural America is empty except for corporate farms and ranches, people will all vote for socialism.
where is their fuel refined. Cities can’t make it on their own at all without getting everything shipped into them.
Cities are useless. Sure they have great tourist attractions and art. Yes, I love art. However, even their upper scale restaurants depend on food from farms.
Urban areas are full of people who take responsibility for nothing. As such, they expect Government to do everything.
Rural people are more self-reliant, and expect the Government to simply leave them alone.
Urban people - something broken in your apartment - not your problem, call the building. Transportation - take a cab, uber, bus - a car is not your problem. Food - at the store or restaurant. Employment? You are just an employee, not responsible. Nothing is ever their responsibility, so they expect Government to force others to do what they demand.
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