Republican gains in metro Milwaukee

[minionofmidas]

Milwaukee County is totally dominated by the city and is safely Democrat.
The outer suburbs, which are probably not that outer (never been there, just judging from  geography) are very Republican and are, unlike most other large suburban counties, trending further Republican and not Democrat.

[minionofmidas]

That's wierd! I'm guessing the red splodge at the bottom is Madison and surrounding towns? Why are it's surbubs so heavily Democrat?
Northern and Western WI looks odd, why such a mixture of Democrat townships and Republican ones?

What is the huge dark red shape North West of Green Bay?

Menominee IR

[minionofmidas]

Looks like the GOP is gaining in metro areas in the Midwest and the Dems are gaining in Florida, the Southwest and the Northeast...

1988-2000 highest Republican swing among large Metro areas:

1. Austin, TX
2. Pittsburgh, PA
3. Milwaukee, WI
4. San Antonio, TX
5. Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
6. Houston, TX
7. Salt Lake City, UT
8. Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
9. Kansas City, MO-KS
10. Oklahoma City, OK

Largest Democratic swing:

1. West Palm Beach, FL
2. Orlando, FL
3. New York City, NY
4. Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, FL
5. Philadelphia, PA
6. Los Angeles, CA
7. Boston, MA
8. Las Vegas, NV
9. Chicago, IL
10. Phoenix, AZ

Very nice stat!
Source?

[minionofmidas]

If it's a spreadsheet, it's likely in some newer excel version that I can't read...

[minionofmidas]

In the case of Missouri, I'd venture a blind guess that while the Capitol, governor's mansion etc are at Jefferson City, much of the lower branches of state government is elsewhere. Otherwise I'd expect the area to have more inhabitants.