[FRIAM] vote

[thompnickson2 at gmail.com]

Dave, 

That's the scary part:  They're all around us.  

n

Nicholas Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology
Clark University
ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com
https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
 


-----Original Message-----
From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of Prof David West
Sent: Friday, November 6, 2020 5:34 PM
To: friam at redfish.com
Subject: [FRIAM] vote

A comment was made at vFRIAM that support of trump/biden was "explained in large part as rural versus urban."

I just did a quick, and therefore not 100% accurate, count of the population of states supporting trump: more or less 75 million. If that was the sole source of his support, then 90% of the population of those states — not just voters — would have to vote trump to account for his 68 million votes.

Yes, flyover country is sparsely populated (in comparison) and yes, they supported trump, but, just like biden, most of his support had to come from urban areas.

davew

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