Timmy's States

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

(leecannon)

State of Carolina
Population: 7,093,649 (2010), 7,822,818 (2020)
Capital: Fayetteville
Largest city: Raleigh
Largest county or equivalent: Wake
Largest metropolitan area: Raleigh
Other major cities: Wilmington, Columbia, Charleston, Savannah, Greenville
Subdivisions: 75 counties
Governor: Roy Cooper (D)
Lieutenant Governor: Yvonne Lewis Holley (D)
State House: 122 members; 74 Democrats, 48 Republicans
State House Speaker: Jackie Hayes (D)
State Senate: 48 members; 27 Democrats, 21 Republicans
State Senate President: Vincent Sheheen (D)
Senators: Jeff Jackson (D), Jaime Harrison (D)
US House: 7 Democrats, 3 Republicans
Electoral votes: 12
2020 presidential election winner: Joseph Robinette Biden Jr (D)
Total area: 51,013.89 square miles, same size as Nicaragua
Land area: 44,748.78 square miles (87.72%)
Population density: 170.99 per square mile (total), 194.93 per square mile (land)
Amount of pride in the local barbeque: 1,971%
Region: Southern
Time Zone: UTC 05:00 (Eastern)
Summer (DST) UTC 04:00
USPS abbreviation CL
ISO 3166 code US-CL
Demonym: Carolinian
State song: "Carolina"

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

I wonder what I should do next...

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

State of Carolina
Capital: Fayetteville
Largest city: Raleigh
Other major cities: Wilmington, Columbia, Charleston, Savannah, Greenville
Senators: Jeff Jackson (D)

Taking Jackson out of Charlotte

He was raised in Chapel Hill. I figure he might sooner run for office there than in Cherokee, especially if they're in different states. (He would probably practice law in Raleigh instead)
Similar reason I made Roy Cooper governor: he was from Nash County.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

(leecannon)

State of Carolina
Population: 7,093,649 (2010), 7,822,818 (2020)
Capital: Fayetteville
Largest city: Raleigh
Largest county or equivalent: Wake
Largest metropolitan area: Raleigh
Other major cities: Wilmington, Columbia, Charleston, Savannah, Greenville
Subdivisions: 75 counties
Governor: Roy Cooper (D)
Lieutenant Governor: Yvonne Lewis Holley (D)
State House: 122 members; 74 Democrats, 48 Republicans
State House Speaker: Jackie Hayes (D)
State Senate: 48 members; 27 Democrats, 21 Republicans
State Senate President: Vincent Sheheen (D)
Senators: Jeff Jackson (D), Jaime Harrison (D)
US House: 7 Democrats, 3 Republicans
Electoral votes: 12
2020 presidential election winner: Joseph Robinette Biden Jr (D)
Total area: 51,013.89 square miles, same size as Nicaragua
Land area: 44,748.78 square miles (87.72%)
Population density: 170.99 per square mile (total), 194.93 per square mile (land)
Amount of pride in the local barbeque: 1,971%
Region: Southern
Time Zone: UTC 05:00 (Eastern)
Summer (DST) UTC 04:00
USPS abbreviation CL
ISO 3166 code US-CL
Demonym: Carolinian
State song: "Carolina"

How did Biden win if Trump won both of these states?

There are three components, roughly described anyhow, to Carolina:
NC minus Western NC and some counties bordering VA. This is Dem leaning.
SC's eastern half in population. This is also Dem leaning or at least about 50/50.
8 counties in GA centered on Savannah. This leans R probably, but not remotely enough to outweigh the D lean of the other two.
Carolina itself voted 52.39% Biden in the two party vote, with a raw vote margin almost at 200k.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Two-party vote in Chattahoochee:
47.4% Kerry 04
55% Obama 08
54.4% Obama 12
57.6% Clinton 16
60.9% Biden 20

One of the most sustained and powerful Dem trends in the country. Of course, its territory is the best explanation. Southern Atlanta metro is very Dem trending and Atlanta and Gwinnett have also moved significantly towards Ds over the past decade or so. And only 1/4 of the state by 2020 is entirely outside of the Atlanta metro. Any rural R trend would easily be drowned out.
Chattahoochee Rs would likely fail to have anything in the way of a good bench owing to them being deeply in the minority. Unlike Carolina Rs they have no real bright spots and no true prospects for even holding Ds to a stalemate.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Chattahoochee's legislature would be absolutely dominated by the Democratic party, due to gerrymandering, efficient vote distribution, and favorable trends being used by Dems to effectively monopolize Metro Atlanta.
Most likely Rs would have succeeded in holding it and the overall state government until 2018, but would have crumbled as rapidly as Arkansas Democrats did IOTL.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Future state profiles will feature racial demography data, and Carolina's will also be retroactively edited as well to include it.
God bless the mighty spreadsheet.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

It's a bit surprising that Trump only won Texas by 2%.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

I have racial demography data for all states now calculated. Since it was pulled from DRA it shares the flaws and the strengths of DRA's race data.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

The difference between various parts of Coronado in racial data is just insane:

IRL state, White %, Latino %, Native %, rounded to nearest intreger
TX 12% 79% 2%
NM 35% 46% 13%
AZ 45% 20% 29%
UT 45% 5% 51%
CO 66% 23% 8%