Regional Polarization and Trump's Electoral Performance
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Tom Edsall suggested that I look at the regional socioeconomic correlates of Trump's electoral performance. Why that didn't cross my mind before I know not. But here goes. Political polarization in the United States means that the overwhelming best predictor of a major party presidential candidate's electoral performance is the performance of the previous candidate of the party. This was clearly the case in this election. [All data in this post is at the county level. The socioeconomic data is from GeoFRED while the vote count is from
Regional Polarization and Trump's Electoral Performance
Regional Polarization and Trump's Electoral…
Regional Polarization and Trump's Electoral Performance
Tom Edsall suggested that I look at the regional socioeconomic correlates of Trump's electoral performance. Why that didn't cross my mind before I know not. But here goes. Political polarization in the United States means that the overwhelming best predictor of a major party presidential candidate's electoral performance is the performance of the previous candidate of the party. This was clearly the case in this election. [All data in this post is at the county level. The socioeconomic data is from GeoFRED while the vote count is from