Crazy election/demographic factoids?

[ProgressiveModerate]

I'll start:

Biden 2020 got more votes than Romney 2012 in all 9 of Arizona's Congressional Districts. Yep that includes deeply Republican AZ-09.

Another fun one: There is a current Congressional district that was over Trump + 40% in 2020 that has over 100k black population and 290k Hispanic. Kudos to whoever can figure out what it is.

[wnwnwn]

The San Fernando Valley was one of the strongests area for Goldwater out of the south.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

I'll start:

Biden 2020 got more votes than Romney 2012 in all 9 of Arizona's Congressional Districts. Yep that includes deeply Republican AZ-09.

Another fun one: There is a Congressional district that was over Trump + 40% in 2020 that has over 100k black population and 290k Hispanic. Kudos to whoever can figure out what it is.

Is it somewhere in Texas?

[Born to Slay. Forced to Work.]

I saw on twitter someone made a Biden Mastriano seat

[kwabbit]

I'll start:

Biden 2020 got more votes than Romney 2012 in all 9 of Arizona's Congressional Districts. Yep that includes deeply Republican AZ-09.

Another fun one: There is a Congressional district that was over Trump + 40% in 2020 that has over 100k black population and 290k Hispanic. Kudos to whoever can figure out what it is.

Definitely in exurban Houston. Maybe some ofMontgomery County, Liberty County, stretching into eastern Harris and then some rurals to boost the margin.

[ProgressiveModerate]

I'll start:

Biden 2020 got more votes than Romney 2012 in all 9 of Arizona's Congressional Districts. Yep that includes deeply Republican AZ-09.

Another fun one: There is a Congressional district that was over Trump + 40% in 2020 that has over 100k black population and 290k Hispanic. Kudos to whoever can figure out what it is.

Definitely in exurban Houston. Maybe some ofMontgomery County, Liberty County, stretching into eastern Harris and then some rurals to boost the margin.

Nope. Sorry for the confusion but this is a real current congressional district.

[kwabbit]

I'll start:

Biden 2020 got more votes than Romney 2012 in all 9 of Arizona's Congressional Districts. Yep that includes deeply Republican AZ-09.

Another fun one: There is a Congressional district that was over Trump + 40% in 2020 that has over 100k black population and 290k Hispanic. Kudos to whoever can figure out what it is.

Definitely in exurban Houston. Maybe some ofMontgomery County, Liberty County, stretching into eastern Harris and then some rurals to boost the margin.

Nope. Sorry for the confusion but this is a real current congressional district.

I found it. Surprising Black population but Hispanic population is expected.

[RI]

There's always the tried and true: There were more Trump voters in Los Angeles County than in all of Oklahoma. Or the state with the most votes from Trump was California.

[ProgressiveModerate]

There's always the tried and true: There were more Trump voters in Los Angeles County than in all of Oklahoma. Or the state with the most votes from Trump was California.

In that same vein Biden got more votes in TX and FL than he did in NY.

Infact FL gave Biden the next biggest raw vote total after CA.

[It’s so Joever]

There's always the tried and true: There were more Trump voters in Los Angeles County than in all of Oklahoma. Or the state with the most votes from Trump was California.

In that same vein Biden got more votes in TX and FL than he did in NY.

Infact FL gave Biden the next biggest raw vote total after CA.

I’m kinda surprised Florida beats Texas

[ProgressiveModerate]

There's always the tried and true: There were more Trump voters in Los Angeles County than in all of Oklahoma. Or the state with the most votes from Trump was California.

In that same vein Biden got more votes in TX and FL than he did in NY.

Infact FL gave Biden the next biggest raw vote total after CA.

I’m kinda surprised Florida beats Texas

Texas is generally a very low turnout state.

[TML]

There's always the tried and true: There were more Trump voters in Los Angeles County than in all of Oklahoma. Or the state with the most votes from Trump was California.

This reminds me of a letter written to Mississippi Democrats shortly after the 2019 election there, where the author of the letter pointed out that there are more raw Democratic voters in suburban areas near Jackson than in some of the rural Delta counties combined, and that counties like DeSoto, Harrison, and Rankin have plenty of raw Democratic voters in spite of them being Republican strongholds (thus, the author recommends that MS Democrats focus more on these areas in the future when it comes to canvassing/voter turnout efforts).

[iceman]

There's always the tried and true: There were more Trump voters in Los Angeles County than in all of Oklahoma. Or the state with the most votes from Trump was California.

There are even more Trump voters in Massachusetts than Oklahoma.

[wnwnwn]

HHH and Nixon each won a congressional district in both GA and LA in 1968 ot r at least that's what wikipedia says (not sure about the Nixon LA distirct).

[Sol]

I'll start:

Biden 2020 got more votes than Romney 2012 in all 9 of Arizona's Congressional Districts. Yep that includes deeply Republican AZ-09.

Another fun one: There is a Congressional district that was over Trump + 40% in 2020 that has over 100k black population and 290k Hispanic. Kudos to whoever can figure out what it is.

Definitely in exurban Houston. Maybe some ofMontgomery County, Liberty County, stretching into eastern Harris and then some rurals to boost the margin.

Nope. Sorry for the confusion but this is a real current congressional district.

I found it. Surprising Black population but Hispanic population is expected.

I think I found it too -- classic gerrymander there lol. I wonder what % of the Black population is in that one county.

[Sol]

North Carolina had a congressional district that included all of Mitchell, Avery, Burke, Catawba, Lincoln, and Mecklenburg in the 1980s.

[ProgressiveModerate]

North Carolina had a congressional district that included all of Mitchell, Avery, Burke, Catawba, Lincoln, and Mecklenburg in the 1980s.

Another one in a simillar vein; this hypoethical AZ Congressional District had just 8k Residents in 1990:

[Sumner 1868]

In 1860, North Carolina had all ten of John Bell's best counties and nine of John Breckenridge's top counties (three with over 90 percent). Talk about polarization.

[Atlas Force]

Haha, this is pretty incredible. Despite the population increase and the fact that Nixon actually carried the county...McGovern still received just 30 fewer votes than Trump 2020:

Trump 2020: 205,973
McGovern 1972: 205,943

And that means that McGovern still beat Trump's 2016 (191,770) number. In fact Trump's 2020 numbers were also beat by every Republican candidate from Gerald Ford onward with the exception of his 2016 numbers and Clinton's opponents (when Perot took significantly from both.) And even Nixon in 1960 beat Trump's 2016 numbers and was just 7k short of his 2020.

[Vice President Christian Man]

There's always the tried and true: There were more Trump voters in Los Angeles County than in all of Oklahoma. Or the state with the most votes from Trump was California.

This reminds me of a letter written to Mississippi Democrats shortly after the 2019 election there, where the author of the letter pointed out that there are more raw Democratic voters in suburban areas near Jackson than in some of the rural Delta counties combined, and that counties like DeSoto, Harrison, and Rankin have plenty of raw Democratic voters in spite of them being Republican strongholds (thus, the author recommends that MS Democrats focus more on these areas in the future when it comes to canvassing/voter turnout efforts).

I wonder if a Georgia-type recruitment effort were to take place if that would've been enough for Presley to win in 2023?

[Bernie Derangement Syndrome Haver]

I'll start:

Biden 2020 got more votes than Romney 2012 in all 9 of Arizona's Congressional Districts. Yep that includes deeply Republican AZ-09.

Another fun one: There is a current Congressional district that was over Trump + 40% in 2020 that has over 100k black population and 290k Hispanic. Kudos to whoever can figure out what it is.

Is it the Odessa/Midland to Killeen district?

[kwabbit]

I'll start:

Biden 2020 got more votes than Romney 2012 in all 9 of Arizona's Congressional Districts. Yep that includes deeply Republican AZ-09.

Another fun one: There is a Congressional district that was over Trump + 40% in 2020 that has over 100k black population and 290k Hispanic. Kudos to whoever can figure out what it is.

Definitely in exurban Houston. Maybe some ofMontgomery County, Liberty County, stretching into eastern Harris and then some rurals to boost the margin.

Nope. Sorry for the confusion but this is a real current congressional district.

I found it. Surprising Black population but Hispanic population is expected.

I think I found it too -- classic gerrymander there lol. I wonder what % of the Black population is in that one county.

About 2/3. The section of the county in the CD is about 35% Black.

[iceman]

I'll start:

Biden 2020 got more votes than Romney 2012 in all 9 of Arizona's Congressional Districts. Yep that includes deeply Republican AZ-09.

Another fun one: There is a current Congressional district that was over Trump + 40% in 2020 that has over 100k black population and 290k Hispanic. Kudos to whoever can figure out what it is.

is this TX-08?

[iceman]

in 2020, there were more Trump voters in New Jersey than Tennessee.

[Kamala's side hoe]

Another fun one: There is a Congressional district that was over Trump + 40% in 2020 that has over 100k black population and 290k Hispanic. Kudos to whoever can figure out what it is.

Definitely in exurban Houston. Maybe some ofMontgomery County, Liberty County, stretching into eastern Harris and then some rurals to boost the margin.

Nope. Sorry for the confusion but this is a real current congressional district.

I found it. Surprising Black population but Hispanic population is expected.

I think I found it too -- classic gerrymander there lol. I wonder what % of the Black population is in that one county.

About 2/3. The section of the county in the CD is about 35% Black.

Which is higher than I would've guessed, considering what part of the county we're talking about. The current representative for that district appears to be a Navy SEAL and adjunct professor who founded a company that makes biodegradable campaign signs.