david starling
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So, Bible aside, why DO larger population areas tend to vote for Democrats?
So, Bible aside, why DO larger population areas tend to vote for Democrats?
Depends on the city - you can't generalize.
So, Bible aside, why DO larger population areas tend to vote for Democrats?
The Bible has something to do with it, since more rural people are religious on average than urban, and since more religious people vote Republican.
.As far as Presidential elections go, there's been a clear pattern of more Democratic voting in the more densely populated areas, and more Republican voting in the less densely populated regions.
So, why is that, in your opinion?
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Again, it depends on the particular city or area. You are otherwise generalizing. Can you show the graph with the clear pattern showing democrats win the vote share in large urban cities in comparison with less-densely populated areas?
Also - aren't presidential votes accounted by County, rather than by town/city?
I'll quote myself because you might have missed it (we were both replying at the same time):
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I'm asking because Trump carried some of the largest population counties in the 2016 election.
- He won Tulsa County - in Oklahoma (most densely populated county in the state).
- He won Oklahoma County - in Oklahoma (second most densely populated county in the state).
- He won Pinellas County - In Florida (most densely populated county in the state).
etc.
In the case of Tulsa, Pinellas and Oklahoma counties, the former two are the most densely populated counties in their state, while the latter is the second most densely populated county in OK. For example (in Pinellas):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinellas_County,_Florida#2000_Census
"As of 2000, there were 921,482 people, 414,968 households, and 243,171 families residing in the county. The population density was 1,271/km2 (3,292/sq mi), making it the most densely populated county in Florida."
So please show me the data on densely population centers going democrat. I'm not saying you are wrong - in fact you may be correct, but we can't generalize, and we need the data.
... there's been a clear pattern of more Democratic voting in the more densely populated areas, and more Republican voting in the less densely populated regions.
which reflects population density, is listed as about ...
with more Red in the less densely populated areas, and more Blue in the more densely populated areas.
You see why you need to set-up the variables properly david?
Your original question said "densely populated". Pinellas and Broward are the two most densely populated counties in florida. Population number isn't the same.
Well, the thread title doesn't mention density, just larger population.
The areas I mentioned do have a very large population.
Pinellas County has a population of almost 1 million people. In comparison with the least populous county in Florida (Liberty County), it is over one hundred times more populous.
Also this last question wasn't the main issue of the topic, it was on presidential elections.
Yes, but both Duval and Pinellas have under a million people, and in both counties the Election was close, less than 2% points difference. Then, as population decreases, the Republican advantage increases in most cases.
Presidential elections weren't specified, but neither were they excluded.
Were you hoping for a different result?
Time for me to ask one question:
... why do democrat-run large metropolitan cities have the highest murder/manslaughter rates per population number?
This includes the top 10:
St.Louis
Baltimore
Detroit
New Orleans
Batoun Rouge
etc.
Some of these are also high in the list in other forms of crime such as robbery, assault, etc.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_crime_rate
Time for me to ask one question:
... why do democrat-run large metropolitan cities have the highest murder/manslaughter rates per population number?
This includes the top 10:
St.Louis
Baltimore
Detroit
New Orleans
Batoun Rouge
etc.
Some of these are also high in the list in other forms of crime such as robbery, assault, etc.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_crime_rate