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2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)Wacky county vote count numbers in Pennsylvannia. See for yourself. [View all]
Observing the numbers from those posted on Daily KOS; Pennsylvania vote by county 1976-2016. Wow! HRC got clobbered in the rural vote, in some cases 3.5x to 1 in favor of Donald. Historic numbers beyond Reagan revolution. Yet, in urban vote counts, such as Philadelphia, the numbers from 2012 compared to 2016 are consistent.I'm no statistician, but holy cow, the shift in voting trends are wacky to say the least. WTF! Are we to believe the rural vote was that much out of touch and inconsistent with state trends they overwhelmingly voted for Donald?
What's not also listed, and I'd love to see this, would be county voter party registration. Do Ds & Rs align with vote counts or is there something wacky? Right now, it looks wacky. I think Hillary may become our president if she'll contest the results. For the numbers to support Donald, the vote count and audits will have to substantiate this impossible shift in voting away from party candidate.
See for yourself. XLS spreadsheet
Daily KOS
She got her Democratic shift in the Philly Burbs. She did better than Obama there. What went on in the rest of the state is anybodys guess, but it turned out to be record setting Republican margins for what was believed to be the worst candidate that side has offered up in a very, very long time.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13rciKYDvqkc9H0fIspYexOxOvJ73RtsV6-IKo--LCIg/edit#gid=0
She got her Democratic shift in the Philly Burbs. She did better than Obama there. What went on in the rest of the state is anybodys guess, but it turned out to be record setting Republican margins for what was believed to be the worst candidate that side has offered up in a very, very long time.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13rciKYDvqkc9H0fIspYexOxOvJ73RtsV6-IKo--LCIg/edit#gid=0
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Bernie's platform played well to these people and Hillary ran against it....
Spitfire of ATJ
Nov 2016
#9
In that case, you are one of the folks who will get the government they deserve. nt
stevenleser
Nov 2016
#10
No, your response is exhibit A as to what has been wrong with the left for a long time.
stevenleser
Nov 2016
#56
What those who voted for Trump don't realize...YET...is that manufacturing is not coming back
NoGoodNamesLeft
Nov 2016
#12
Im from a heavy manufacturing area of Michigan and I see the same thing here.
jack_krass
Nov 2016
#47
The Nates (Silver and Cohn) say there's a 98% chance there's nothing there so...
tandem5
Nov 2016
#34