Get out the vote.

Posted by NealS 7 years, 4 months ago to Politics
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In Pennsylvania Hillary took the biggest cities (typically democrat), Pittsburg and Philadelphia. It’s the outlying small cities and rural areas that determined the outcome of the election by just getting out and voting. I assume the same would go for states like Washington, where the eastern part of the state votes practically all republican except for its biggest city, Spokane. There are more rural and small city voters in these areas than there are in Spokane, so the eastern half of the state usually goes republican in spite of Spokane. In Washington State I’ve heard that if everyone across the state voted that could be eligible, the whole state would go republican. The democrat vote in Seattle isn’t big enough to offset the results if everyone voted. Perhaps politicians (R) should concentrate more on rural areas, just getting them to get out and vote could win an election. The majority of the population seems to be in the big cities, but I wonder where the majority of the voters today might be. You will find a whole lot more people in the big cities that do not vote, do not even know how to vote, and frankly do not care. How many people vote could have a much greater effect on an election than anything else. The same has to go for many states.


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  • Posted by $ allosaur 7 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Even Birmingham in my deep south red state Alabama votes "D" for any level of government.
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  • Posted by freedomforall 7 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I don't have the data on eligible voter population large city vs non-large-city. In 2016 it appears that states with lower population and no large cities made the difference between Hitlery and Trump. Another factor is that electoral votes are done "winner take all" in all but a few states. In 2016 that also made a difference.
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  • Posted by 7 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    My point is would the big cities still carry the election if everyone in the outlying areas voted? Big cities vote "D", rural areas vote "R". If everyone in the rural areas voted would our election results differ? Your analysis of Trump or Hillary above seems to indicate that rural areas can take the election. While Hillary took the big cities, Trump won much of the rest in most states. Hillary's total popular vote seem to come to fruition because of California, a lot of population in California, which is one of the biggest advantages for the electoral system. If not California could almost dominate the rest of the country with just a little other help.
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  • Posted by freedomforall 7 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    No, I went to the election results of many large cities (in late November 2016) and listed them in a post based on whether Trump or Hitlery had more votes in that city. Just a long list of cities under Hitlery, and a few cities listed under Trump. No idea why I can't find the post now.
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  • Posted by freedomforall 7 years, 4 months ago
    Hitlery got more votes in almost all the large cities in the US with a handful of exceptions like Oklahoma City and Jacksonville FL. (I posted a more complete list just after the election here in the Gulch, but can't find the post today.) My conclusion is that those who are less self reliant live in big cities and vote for socialists.
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