Biden-voting counties equal 70% of America’s economy.

December 27th, 2020 at 9:15:09 AM permalink
Pacomartin
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Quote: Mark Muro, Eli Byerly Duke, Yang You, and Robert Maxim November 10, 2020
Biden-voting counties equal 70% of America’s economy. What does this mean for the nation’s political-economic divide?

Mark Muro Senior Fellow and Policy Director - Metropolitan Policy Program
Eli Byerly Duke Research Assistant - Metropolitan Policy Program
Yang You Research Assistant - Metropolitan Policy Program
Robert Maxim Research Associate - Metropolitan Policy Program

Even with a new president and political party soon in charge of the White House, the nation’s economic standoff continues. Notwithstanding President-elect Joe Biden’s solid popular vote victory, last week’s election failed to deliver the kind of transformative reorientation of the nation’s political-economic map that Democrats (and some Republicans) had hoped for. The data confirms that the election sharpened the striking geographic divide between red and blue America, instead of dispelling it.

Biden’s winning base in 509 counties encompasses fully 71% of America’s economic activity, while Trump’s losing base of 2,547 counties represents just 29% of the economy.

Ref: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2020/11/09/biden-voting-counties-equal-70-of-americas-economy-what-does-this-mean-for-the-nations-political-economic-divide/?fbclid=IwAR2EaBgldgPLURm806IV9tBIDPDWPduEQBtM3UxqDv-x_1qoiSZOGDljdTU


That result is not particularly shocking if you consider that 1% of counties produce one third of GDP, and 3% of counties produce half the GDP of the nation,
December 27th, 2020 at 9:47:26 AM permalink
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I said it before when people point out that more counties voted for trump than his opponent - who won a county is irrelevant.

In this case, it is also questionable, as those counties that trump lost undoubtedly have a large economic chunk of people in them that voted for trump.

I think it would be more useful to see that information on a per-capita basis.
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December 27th, 2020 at 1:05:56 PM permalink
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Quote: Dalex64
I said it before when people point out that more counties voted for trump than his opponent - who won a county is irrelevant.

In this case, it is also questionable, as those counties that trump lost undoubtedly have a large economic chunk of people in them that voted for trump.

I think it would be more useful to see that information on a per-capita basis.


In 2016 Democrats completely dominate the under $50K and they are only slightly below Republicans in the over $100K.
Republicans dominate the $50K-$100K by a significant 4% which gave Trump the election

2016 Family income (Democrats - Republicans)
Under $30,000 53% 41%
$30,000–49,999 51% 42%
$50,000–99,999 46% 50%
$100,000–199,999 47% 48%
$200,000–249,999 48% 49%
Over $250,000 46% 48%


In 2020 there was a profound shift with $100K to $200K voting overwhelming for Trump, while $50K to $100K shifted to Democrat.

2020 Family Income (Democrats - Republicans)
Under $30,000 54% 46%
$30,000–49,999 56% 44%
$50,000–99,999 57% 42%
$100,000–199,999 41% 58%
Over $200,000 44% 44%
December 27th, 2020 at 2:52:50 PM permalink
Dalex64
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Interesting, thanks!
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December 27th, 2020 at 5:49:58 PM permalink
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Quote: Dalex64
Interesting, thanks!


The ten richest Americans are collectively worth a trillion dollars, and the top 14 are worth $1.2619 trillion. We know Bloomberg's political affiliation as the wealthiest politician in the world.

Does anyone know the affiliation of the top 10, or are they simply above politics?
  1. $185.2 Jeff Bezos
  2. $147.0 Elon Musk
  3. $120.1 Bill Gates
  4. $98.3 Mark Zuckerberg
  5. $87.8 Larry Ellison
  6. $85.6 Warren Buffett
  7. $76.6 Larry Page
  8. $75.3 Steve Ballmer
  9. $74.4 Sergey Brin
  10. $67.2 Alice Walton
  11. $66.9 Jim Walton
  12. $66.6 Rob Walton
  13. $56.0 MacKenzie Scott
  14. $54.9 Michael Bloomberg