If you examine all 205 counties across the country with a Whole Foods Market, you'll notice some pretty extreme shifts over the last eight years. Here's my spreadsheet tracking the data:

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If you track shifts from those counties between 2016 and 2020, you'll notice an average 4.29% shift towards Democrats.

Of the 205 counties studied, 176 counties (~86%) of them shifted towards Democrats between 2016 and 2020.

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In that same time frame (2016-2020), only 28 counties shifted towards Republicans. That represents only 13.66% of the 205 counties where Whole Foods Markets are located.

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From 2012 to 2020, Democrats earned huge gains in the "Whole Foods counties."

The 205 counties shifted an average of 7.28% towards Democrats in that timeframe.

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From 2012 to 2020, the largest shift towards Democrats was Salt Lake County in Utah. The county voted for Romney by 20 points, but voted for Biden by 12).

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The largest GOP shift from 2012 to 2020 was St. Joseph, Indiana (Obama won this county by 17; Biden won it by less than a point).

St. Joseph County is home to South Bend, IN.

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