2016 Postmortem

TwilightZone

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11. Generally, yes, though as with everything, there are exceptions.

Thu Dec 1, 2016, 02:30 PM

Dec 2016

Reservations, for example, usually vote heavily Democratic and are generally quite rural, especially those in the middle third of the country.

Solidly-conservative South Dakota demonstrates this in your map: it has some bright blue spots. Several other states show similar results.

Of course, much of the urban/rural split itself is due in part to demographic differences.

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I supported HRC, apparently I'm a rich coastal elite type... JHan Dec 2016 #1

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