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Monday, August 2, 2021

The Geography Of Donald Trump's Supporters


The New York Times has conducted approximately interesting analysis of the the geospatial spread of Donald Trump's support. In a large surprise to close nobody it shows that Trump is performing best amid less affluent together with less educated voters inwards the south.

Donald Trump’s Strongest Supporters includes an interactive choropleth map showing Republican voters estimated to back upwardly Trump at district level. If y'all hover over a district on the map y'all tin hand the axe stance the per centum of Trump's estimated support.


The map shows that Donald Trump has a large degree of back upwardly inwards the eastern states, "stretching from the Gulf Coast, upwardly the spine of the Appalachian Mountains, to upstate New York". The Times article includes a comparing of the Trump supporters map amongst a map of meshing searches for racial slurs together with racist jokes.

There does appear to last a rattling potent correlation betwixt a map of where people brand racially charged meshing searches together with a map of Trump's supporters. Not that anyone is calling Trump's supporters racist.