04-28-2021, 05:41 AM
This sort of study can be done at the state level. Again, the site in which I posted this analysis uses the old red for Democrats and blue for Republicans:
In general I do not look at county-level voting, although this might be relevant in a state whose demographics are changing. This is definitely a legitimate study. It might explain the demise of a Party in a state. Let's see how that works with... well, Alabama is at the top of the list of states in alphabetical order.
1976:
![[Image: img.php?type=map&year=1976&fips=1&st=AL&off=0&elect=0]](https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/img.php?type=map&year=1976&fips=1&st=AL&off=0&elect=0)
Carter won 55-42, and he seemed an excellent match (being from rural Georgia) for Alabama, which is one of the most rural states in America. Carter lost Jefferson County, which contains Alabama's only near-giant city (Birmingham).
2020:
![[Image: img.php?type=map&year=2020&fips=1&st=AL&off=0&elect=0]](https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/img.php?type=map&year=2020&fips=1&st=AL&off=0&elect=0)
Obviously the Democratic Party has long since lost the rural vote unless black. The "Black Belt" remains strongly D, but two counties went from Ford in 1976 to Biden in 2020. One of those counties is Jefferson, which contains Birmingham. But Birmingham isn't anywhere near the size of Atlanta, which is to Georgia almost what Chicago is to Illinois in politics.
In general I do not look at county-level voting, although this might be relevant in a state whose demographics are changing. This is definitely a legitimate study. It might explain the demise of a Party in a state. Let's see how that works with... well, Alabama is at the top of the list of states in alphabetical order.
1976:
Carter won 55-42, and he seemed an excellent match (being from rural Georgia) for Alabama, which is one of the most rural states in America. Carter lost Jefferson County, which contains Alabama's only near-giant city (Birmingham).
2020:
Obviously the Democratic Party has long since lost the rural vote unless black. The "Black Belt" remains strongly D, but two counties went from Ford in 1976 to Biden in 2020. One of those counties is Jefferson, which contains Birmingham. But Birmingham isn't anywhere near the size of Atlanta, which is to Georgia almost what Chicago is to Illinois in politics.
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