America continues to become more geographically polarised

In 1992, two-thirds of votes were cast in counties that were fairly even split, with the winning party securing less than 60% of the vote.

This year evenly split counties accounted for only 40%
https://www.ft.com/content/69f3206f-37a7-4561-bebf-5929e7df850d
After four years of what the mainstream media assured America was relentless white supremacy and overt racism, Trump .. *check notes* .. lost support with white voters ... and gained support with minorities compared to 2016 🤷‍♂️
https://www.ft.com/content/69f3206f-37a7-4561-bebf-5929e7df850d
"Non-college educated minority voters increased their support from 20% to 25%

Latino voters shifted towards Trump by around 8% nationally since 2016 ... upending expectations that they would desert the Republicans in response to the president’s harsh policies on immigration."
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