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<div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div style="white-space:normal"><p dir="auto">If I understand you, you ignored Trump supporters in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, etc. All of those states have substantial rural parts. I think that possibly doing the same exercise with counties would be interesting as a measurement of the degree politics is a function of location.</p>
<p dir="auto">The line between red and blue is going to be very complicated, going through the middle of many Thanksgiving dinner tables.</p>
<p dir="auto">—Barry</p>
<p dir="auto">On 6 Nov 2020, at 18:33, Prof David West wrote:</p>
<blockquote style="border-left:2px solid #777; color:#777; margin:0 0 5px; padding-left:5px"><p dir="auto">A comment was made at vFRIAM that support of trump/biden was "explained in large part as rural versus urban."<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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davew<br>
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