Cities vs. rest of county

[King of Kensington]

There's a thread here that says Minneapolis voted 86% D (and to the left of San Francisco).

[King of Kensington]

For King County, again may change slightly but still good indication percentage wise.  Since numbers not final, just gave percentages.  Looks like Seattle might be in the running for most Democratic city as has beaten out San Francisco and Boston and likely New York City.  Mind you one of the more well to do, quite educated so somewhat makes sense.  Washington DC is more Democratic and Detroit probably is too (large African-American), but ranks up there.

Seattle:

Biden: 89.5%
Trump: 8%

Rest of King County

Biden: 69.1%
Trump: 27.6%

East end which was once solidly Republican is where GOP floor has fallen through.  Not surprising as large tech sector, large number of well to do college educated residents.

Biden:

Affluent suburban Republicanism has collapsed (and Trump is a terrible fit for Mercer Island, Bellevue etc) and Seattle is one of the most left-wing cities in America.

[King of Kensington]

A lot of rich people fear a failed state more than a tax increase.  Plus Biden's tax on the "rich" is only on incomes above $400K and impacts few people.

[King of Kensington]

Yeah, the GOP was pretty strong in Seattle's affluent suburbs into the 1990s.

The last Republican senator was Slade Gorton, who was defeated in 2000.  He was a "never Trumper" that voted for McMullen and supported impeachment.

[King of Kensington]

Dallas and Houston are still somewhat more conservative outliers among the top 10 metro areas.

[King of Kensington]

Not quite enough to flip the state which is 85% urban and 50% in two large metros, so I stand by the point.  Hence the use of "somewhat."

[King of Kensington]

Trump dominated the northern part of Harris County which is right next door to Montgomery County where Trump still got over 70%.  I believe a lot of people who work in oil companies live there and obviously would not be fans of Democrats.  Fort Bend County went Democrat and many of the suburbs there are actually closer to downtown than the northern parts of Harris County which Trump dominated.

I could be wrong, but I believe Dallas has a big tech sector and pharmaceuticals whereas Houston is more energy sector thus could explain why Democrats doing better in Dallas than Houston.  Tech sector tends to be fairly Democratic, while energy sector still largely GOP.

The voting patterns of the MSAs were basically identical though, no?

[King of Kensington]

Never knew Mercer Island was a bastion of "Starbucks 1%er" liberalism. I figured it used to vote Republican along with Bellevue and Sammamish. Do you think Eastside Desi voters swung R like they supposedly did nationally, even if only by 1%?

Isn't Mercer Island Seattle's "Jewish suburb"?  Though in the Seattle context that probably means like 10% - it's not exactly say Short Hills NJ or Beachwood OH. 

[King of Kensington]

Here is for Albany county, New York

Albany:

Biden: 29,243 (81.2%)
Trump: 5,727 (15.9%)
Total: 36,001

Rest of Albany County

Biden: 70,231 (59.2%)
Trump: 45,354 (38.2%)
Total 118,276

Albany was more D than NYC.