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Biden-voting counties equal 70% of America’s economy. What does this mean for the nation’s political-economic divide?
Brookings ^ | 11/10/2020 | Mark Muro, Eli Byerly Duke, Yang You, and Robert Maxim

Posted on 11/20/2020 10:46:41 AM PST by semimojo

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I know it's Brookings so ignore the spin, but I have no reason to doubt their numbers. I'm not sure of the implications but I agree with them that it won't make Congress function any better.
1 posted on 11/20/2020 10:46:41 AM PST by semimojo
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To: semimojo

It means you have been scammed if you actually believe that.


2 posted on 11/20/2020 10:48:27 AM PST by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: semimojo

Too generalized. You’ll find many red people in blue counties. The blues are the looters and moochers rent-seekers and criminals. They always outnumber to decent hard working people in those sectors.


3 posted on 11/20/2020 10:49:32 AM PST by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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To: semimojo

They can’t do it without food.


4 posted on 11/20/2020 10:49:48 AM PST by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (Reverse Wickard v Filburn (1942) - and - ISLAM DELENDA EST)
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To: semimojo

Seen “The Hunger Games”, right?


5 posted on 11/20/2020 10:49:54 AM PST by D Rider ( )
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It means it’s over.

This country cannot go on as is.

Can we have an honest civil war, without other countries and the filthy UN getting involved, no.

Can we have bloodless secession, nope.

We don’t have free and honest elections.

We will have to make a decision before the guns are taken, and they will be.


6 posted on 11/20/2020 10:51:38 AM PST by Irenic
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What is their definition of “economic activity” and how much of it is just government moving around stolen money?


7 posted on 11/20/2020 10:52:22 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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Its a very complex calculation. Cities like NY, LA, etc… have a lot of services like finance, legal, government, etc… which count as economic activity and GDP. I tend to view at least part of that activity as parasitical, not productive.

Do 477 counties really count for 70% of “America’s economy?” who knows?

Also, how many counties did Biden really “win?”


8 posted on 11/20/2020 10:53:48 AM PST by PGR88
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Are they counting those counties that have been stolen through election fraud going back for decades, discouraging voters and forcing productive people out?


9 posted on 11/20/2020 10:55:13 AM PST by rigelkentaurus
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Joe Biden’s solid popular vote victory

False premise.

10 posted on 11/20/2020 10:55:23 AM PST by Salvey
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I don’t see why it’s a problem that America’s people don’t all think the same way.


11 posted on 11/20/2020 10:55:55 AM PST by cymbeline
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It means a weak economy, like under Obama. Democrat politicians will get rich though.


12 posted on 11/20/2020 10:55:58 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Ghislaine Maxwell lives and Joe Biden is losing.)
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To: Seruzawa

I’m sorry but your wrong. Have a few friends in the IT fields and they are hard working, high earning, and very left wing. In fact If you look at how the cities were the big IT companies reside they vote heavily democratic.


13 posted on 11/20/2020 10:57:36 AM PST by OIFVeteran
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So what? My wife commutes into a blue county for work, the same county that has the worst COVID restrictions, the worst debt, the worst police policies, etc. The same work is being done fine, remotely, now.

So, tell me again why the blue county is “so key?”


14 posted on 11/20/2020 10:57:43 AM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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It is just that billionaires live their and corporate headquarters report income from those addresses.

They also have most of the poor, homeless and unemployed. They have the greatest income inequality.


15 posted on 11/20/2020 10:58:05 AM PST by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (Reverse Wickard v Filburn (1942) - and - ISLAM DELENDA EST)
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Exactly. Cut the food supply and see what happens. I guess they will just have labor camps for those of us that don’t submit.


16 posted on 11/20/2020 10:59:53 AM PST by Dutch Boy
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So, tell me again why the blue county is “so key?”

Maybe because they have the job you and your wife rely on?

17 posted on 11/20/2020 11:00:11 AM PST by semimojo
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The entire premise is based on a fraud.

Did Biden actually “win” Maricopa County? With 5% more Republicans then Democrats? A place that hasn’t gone for a Democrat since 1992?

What sort of popular enthusiasm would generate such a result? There was none. He couldn’t get a pack of coyotes to come out for him, even if he was offering scraps.

Trump by contrast brought out tens of thousands. I was there just a month ago when that was happening. AF1 caused backups at Sky Harbor, and crowds in Tucson and Prescott were massive.

But Biden does something that hasn’t been done in 30 years?

BS.


18 posted on 11/20/2020 11:02:16 AM PST by Regulator (It's Fraud, Jim)
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It is just that billionaires live their and corporate headquarters report income from those addresses.

It's more than that. I don't see how anyone can argue that there isn't more economic activity in higher-density locations.

It doesn't make them better or worse, it's just reality.

No need for anyone to be defensive about it.

19 posted on 11/20/2020 11:02:46 AM PST by semimojo
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You’ll find many red people in blue counties.

I agree completely.

I think the whole red/blue thing leads to stupid over-generalizations about geographies all the time.

20 posted on 11/20/2020 11:09:24 AM PST by semimojo
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