Out of the thousands of counties in the United States only 206 hold a special distinction. These counties backed the winner of the last three Presidential elections. In other words, they backed Obama in his landslide win in 2008, stuck … Continue reading The Magical Number For Trump: 206
Donald Trump’s domination of the Midwest took much of the nation by surprise. He was the first Republican since Reagan to win every Midwestern battleground state in a generation. I have already documented that the Midwest was already getting redder … Continue reading Minnesota’s Lesson for Democrats: Lack of Populism Has Hurt Them In The Midwest
Dubuque County is the sort of county that has made Iowa and the majority of the Midwest lean blue. The county has not voted Republican since Dwight Eisenhower’s landslide 1956 reelection victory. Until now. Donald Trump carried the county by just … Continue reading The Obama/Trump Voters: Why They Mattered
A month has passed since the Presidential election and by now we can be sure that the Midwest was the region that not only swung the election for Trump but swung the furthest right from 2012 to 2016. While Democrats … Continue reading The Midwest Has Been Getting Redder: That’s A Problem For Democrats
