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For Citylab, @Richard_Florida analyzed how metro areas voted in 2020:
Republicans drew support from White, working-class regions of the country
Democrats drew from smaller and denser, more affluent, highly-educated coastal metros and college towns https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-12-04/how-metro-areas-voted-in-the-2020-election?srnd=citylab&sref=aGTrSb9U
Republicans drew support from White, working-class regions of the country Democrats drew from smaller and denser, more affluent, highly-educated coastal metros and college towns https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-12-04/how-metro-areas-voted-in-the-2020-election?srnd=citylab&sref=aGTrSb9U
Our interactive breaks down the 2020 vote across America’s 350-plus metros areas.
The blue dots, indicating metros where Biden won, line the coasts, with middle of the country a veritable sea of red dots that went for Trump.
https://bloom.bg/33LzeTQ
The blue dots, indicating metros where Biden won, line the coasts, with middle of the country a veritable sea of red dots that went for Trump.
https://bloom.bg/33LzeTQ
Overall, Biden won considerably fewer metros than Trump, taking 41% of metros, to 59% for Trump.
But metros where Biden won a majority of the vote are home to 57% of the population and 79% of the country’s total economic output.
https://bloom.bg/33LzeTQ
But metros where Biden won a majority of the vote are home to 57% of the population and 79% of the country’s total economic output.
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The average Biden metro is home to almost 1.3 million people, more than four times the size of the average Trump metro, with just slightly more than 300,000 people.
As metros get smaller in size, Biden’s share of the vote drops off, while Trump’s rises.
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As metros get smaller in size, Biden’s share of the vote drops off, while Trump’s rises.
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While Trump took more metros, Biden took larger metros. So it’s no surprise that the size of metros was positively correlated with Biden votes.
But the density of these metros was an even more important predictor of outcomes.
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But the density of these metros was an even more important predictor of outcomes.
https://bloom.bg/33LzeTQ
Across metros, the Biden vote was closely correlated with higher wages, higher concentrations of business, professional and creative workers.
Trump support was concentrated in metros with greater concentrations of blue-collar, working-class jobs.
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Trump support was concentrated in metros with greater concentrations of blue-collar, working-class jobs.
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Race and ethnicity were also factors in the 2020 metro vote.
Trump’s support remained concentrated in metros with higher shares of White voters, while Biden support was correlated with high shares of Hispanic-Latino, Asians, and foreign-born residents.
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Trump’s support remained concentrated in metros with higher shares of White voters, while Biden support was correlated with high shares of Hispanic-Latino, Asians, and foreign-born residents.
https://bloom.bg/33LzeTQ
Our analysis of the metro election reveals a nation deeply divided by geography, with denser, richer, more educated, more knowledge-based metros leaning for the Democrats and less advantaged, less educated, more working-class metros remaining Republican.
https://bloom.bg/33LzeTQ
https://bloom.bg/33LzeTQ
