Rate the Houston, Texas Metro

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The Houston Metro area voted for Joe Biden by 1.03% and trended towards the Republican Party between the 2016 and 2020 U.S. Presidential elections by 1.57%. This is one of the major reasons Texas didn't flip blue in 2020.

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The Houston Metro area voted for Joe Biden by 1.03% and trended towards the Republican Party between the 2016 and 2020 U.S. Presidential elections by 1.57%. This is one of the major reasons Texas didn't flip blue in 2020.

Wrong. It voted for Biden by 2.30 points, no ideas where you got that 1.03 number from.

I apologize but it appears you have miscalculated.
After rechecking, it seems that the Houston MSA voted for Biden by 1.03%

1,330,116 votes (49.83%) [D] Joe Biden
1,302,436 votes (48.79%) [R] Donald Trump
36,727 votes (1.38%) Other

Compare this to the Dallas-Fort Worth MSA that voted for Biden by 1.30%

1,535,523 votes (49.87%) [D] Joe Biden
1,495,548 votes (48.57%) [R] Donald Trump
48,266 votes (1.57%) Other


Perhaps there's a misunderstanding with the boundaries of the Houston MSA?
I'm going by the most current Census Bureau definition, which includes the following counties:

• Harris
• Fort Bend
• Montgomery
• Brazoria
• Galveston
• Liberty
• Waller
• Chambers
• Austin

It wouldn't surprise me to hear, though, that one of these counties was only added very recently to the metro area due to growth.