2016 US Presidential Election Map By County & Vote Share

November 29, 2016 109 Comments

Map created by Magog the Ogre via Wikimedia

The map above shows the county level and vote share results of the 2016 US Presidential Election. The darker the blue the more a county went for Hilary Clinton and the darker the red the more the county went for Donald Trump.

This map helps explain why Trump was able to win, despite winning over 2.2. million fewer votes (at the time of writing) than Clinton. Her votes were very concentrated in only a few states whereas Trump’s votes came from a wide enough geographic area to capture the Electoral College.

All blue states: Hawaii and Massachusetts.
All red sates: Alaska, West Virginia, and Oklahoma.

Overall Trump won approximately 2,600 counties to Clinton’s 500, or about 84% of the geographic United States. However, Clinton won 88 of of the 100 largest counties (including Washington D.C.). Without these 100 largest counties she would have lost by 11.5 million votes.

A few more county facts for you from reddit user AnSq:

The United States contains over 3100 counties and county equivalents.
Alaska has zero counties. They’re called boroughs, and not all of Alaska is even in one, but is instead part of the large Unorganized Borough.
Delaware has only three counties, the fewest of any state (with counties).
Texas has the most counties of any state with 254.
Loving County, Texas is the least populous county in the US with a population of 82.
Los Angeles County, California is the most populous county in the US with a population of approximately ten million.
Thirty-one states have a Washington County, making it the most common county name.
Louisiana doesn’t have counties either. It’s next-level administrative divisions are called parishes.
There are 41 “independent cities” in the US that are not part of any county or county-equivalent. Thirty-eight of these are in Virginia. The other three are Baltimore MD, St Louis MO, and Carson City NV.

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Ray Dubuque

This whole page is so INFORMATIVE, even for an older American like myself who has spent a life-time getting very well informed on such topics.
Joe Acampora

Very interesting to see that most counties that border with Mexico actually didn’t support trump? Does anyone know, was this due mostly to the latino vote?
- RightMakesRight
  
  yes
- Anoush & Siroon
  
  it’s due to lazy ass people who rather have free phones that alarm clocks!
- MH
  
  Most? There are 14 counties that border Mexico. 7 went to Clinton, the other 7 went to Trump.
  - FR
    
    You might want to double check. There are 24 counties bordering Mexico. Trump won 8 and lost 16.
    - DefendAmerica
      
      It’s La Raza 100% on Texas southern border.
    - Pancho Rivas
      
      Actually I count 7 for Trump and 14 for Clinton.
    - Tara Payne
      
      Illegals live all along the border. They certainly didn’t vote for Trump.
- flowers of fate
  
  of course. south texas is full of latinos. notice the mississippi delta area also all along the miss. river……they need farm help probably.
  - Brian Rostron
    
    A majority of people in those counties are African-Americans. They weren’t voting for Trump.
RightMakesRight

Alaska isn’t all red…. when you click on it, it shows the county level and a lot of blue
- Hashtags Я Us
  
  That blue is ice…
- Mad Deranger
  
  The Natives are restless. That should be a darker blue.
- MH
  
  Most of the blur is at or above the Arctic circle, where the population is not as dense as the red in the south, where the majority of the State’s population resides.
- RepublicanMasshole
  
  That’s why it’s pink, not red
wjabbe

At a fundamental level all of our so called elections, whether they be to elect persons to offices or pass ballot issues like tax increases, are fraudulent. Here is why: In any voting system there are three possible ways a person may express themselves: Vote for a candidate or ballot issue. Vote against a candidate or ballot issue. Or abstain. The right of abstention is just as fundamental a right as voting for or against. But in our system, abstentions are almost uniformly discarded. Only those votes for or against are counted. This is fundamentally wrong and can lead to minority rule. Here is an extreme example to illustrate the point: Suppose only one registered voter shows up at the polls and votes for a candidate or ballot issue while none show up to vote against. The candidate or ballot issue “passes”! What kind of nonsense is this? Governments love this because all they care about is the convenience of seating a government however unrepresentative it may be of the population. These basic problems with our elections are carefully masked by the way results are presented as with graphs such as those above. For example try to discover the number of registered voters in a jurisdiction so you can compare the number of those voting with the total number of registered voters. You will discover it is not an easy task. Also consider if this procedure were used for judicial bodies. How would you like your local city council making decisions with only one member showing up to do business? Well this is how our corrupt elections are run every time! This is not majority rule, but plurality rule and often minority rule.
Have you ever considered this? Which would you rate as the higher in order of importance, say jay walking or voting? Well, why do we fine the crime of jay walking of the order of hundreds of dollars where there is no fine for not voting? Do you ever observe anyone jay walking? Why is the act of voting voluntary where the acts of say filing a tax return or speeding or violating zoning laws, etc all result in penalties of fines and or jail time or both? Why not stiff penalties for not voting? How about a fine of $10,000 every time you fail to vote? Wouldn’t this get the debt paid down quickly? Obviously those who run government figured all this out long ago in their favor didn’t they? Don’t expect any changes anytime soon. And what about all the non registered voters? What happened to their opinions too?
- Matt
  
  Is it moral to use guns and the threat of death or spending time in a cage to steal from someone? Taxation is theft.
  Is it moral for a pirate to demand your money when you’re driving safely? What if he has a costume, a gun, a badge and qualified immunity? You’re were going 1 mph over and signaled 90 feet before turning.
  The debt cannot be repaid and never has been intended to be repaid. The currency floating around is a ponzi scheme posing as a debt instrument. Without fractional reserve banking, the whole thing collapses faster than building seven.
  Also, do you really want someone that sits around the house watching TV all day to be compelled (with guns) to make official their “opinion?”
  Majority rule is 2 wolves and a sheep voting on what to eat for dinner.
  - ggetaclue
    
    Brilliant and well expressed. BTW I’m using the “wolves/sheep” thing.
    - Gravity
      
      Ben Franklin said it. But is was about lunch and democracies: “Democracy is 2 wolves and a sheep deciding what’s for lunch. The sheep having a rifle restores the liberty”.
  - Curtis Densmore
    
    Wouldn’t minority rule be 2 sheep and a wolf voting on dinner, but the wolf eats them anyway? That’s why we don’t have pure majority rule. We have majority rule with respect for minority rights, hence the Senate having equal representation, the guarantee that each state has at least one rep in the House, and the judicial branch. There are plenty of protections for minorities. Why should the president be elected by an algorithm?
    - Jaybird
      
      Why should the president be elected by simple majority?
- Layla Adamenge
  
  The person who does not care enough to vote in an election is basically saying, “I am fine with the choice that the people who care enough to vote decide to choose.”
  
  47% of the voters decided to stay away from the polls, and let the other 53% choose the next administration. Shame on the losers for not generating enough enthusiasm in the lazy 47% to vote for them. Don’t blame the winners, they got the votes where it counted.
  
  In the end it is a situation where HRC got more popular votes but lost the electoral vote, but if you removed LA and NYC from the voting totals then Trump won in a landslide.
  
  As long as the Democrats decide to campaign on the theory that they really won the popular vote and HRC is the rightful president, then they are doomed to fail in the next election cycle.
  
  People need to get a grip on the fact – not theory – that Trump beat the Republican establishment while playing by the rules. Trump beat the Democratic establishment while playing by the rules.
  
  All this smokescreen about the Russian hacking helping Trump – what did it reveal? That Hillary Clinton and the DNC did not play by the rules during Bernie’s Run. Nobody has come out to say that that was false information, fake news, planted propaganda and so on, only that it wasn’t fair that it was leaked to the press. But honestly, should a fair press care where the information came from as long as it was true?
  - mhughes0379
    
    I agree wholeheartedly. Among my first words post-election results was that blame for the outcome rested squarely upon the shoulders of the DNC. They simply ignored voters.
    
    Sanders had so much support from non-partisan voters who bluntly stated that they would NOT vote for Clinton. He had voters who are not normally involved in voting and the political process, and they were excited. I know. I attended rallies, I talked to people, and I campaigned for Bernie. The energy and excitement were almost tangible at times, but as media ranted on about Trump and Clinton, superdelegates ensured Clinton as the DNC poster child, and the DNC continued to ignore voters and the real change –the move away from the same ol’, same ol’– that they wanted, the air in the energy deflated. It became clear that their voices would not be heard, and they abstained from voting as usual.
    
    We see the results. President? Trump. Approval rating heading into inauguration? 40℅ +/-. Congress control? Republican. Voter turnout? 53℅. American mood? Fear and astonishment.
    
    Yep. The responsibility for all of it rests squarely on the shoulders of the DNC. America wanted change one way or another, and they voted it in.
    - Galtha58
      
      It simply blows my mind that anyone would vote for or support a Socialist like Bernie. Nazis were Socialists for crying out loud. The Communist states like Russia and China were or are an extreme version of Socialism. Stealing from the rich to support those that don’t want to work is NOT a good plan for a better country. The only thing that has ever brought up the standard of living in this or any country is controlled Capitalism. But only if that control is not by Socialists.
      - mhughes0379
        
        You do realize that socialism is an economic form, correct? That any type of infrastructure is socialism? Some of the most belief-diverse, equal, ethical, and least corrupt countries in this world are countries with a very socialistic economy, and some of the happiest and physically/mentally people in this world are citizens of those countries. Those countries are known worldwide for their equality and governmental transparency. I’m not going to take the time to post links to support what I’m saying, as if you can’t do your own research and are posting comments like the above, it’s really not worth debating with you.
      - CapnRusty
        
        Venezuela.
      - mhughes0379
        
        …And there you go. That’s what pretty much all un-studied people do –give an example of a Communist nation. The two are not equal. How about mentioning Sweden? Denmark? Norway? Switzerland? You know, nations that AREN’T Communist governments, where citizens have rights about which, at the present time, Americans can only dream, and where citizens are much, much happier than the majority here in America. Socialistic economies have nothing to do with the Communist government form in Venezuela. Sorry, try again.
      - René Coffelt
        
        Socialism only works in high IQ, homogeneous societies
      - mhughes0379
        
        What do high-IQ and homogeneous have to do with anything? I’m interested in hearing more.
      - Jaybird
        
        Every time you mention the European utopias that you just have, you don’t mention NATO and the U.S. military (which allows these “utopias” to largely ignore military spending and engage in giveaways to keep the populace happy.
        And they still run endless deficits even then.
        It’s all great until they can’t swing it by themselves.
        They’d never do it without the 800 lb gorilla in the world , the very capitalist U.S.
        None of them live in a vacuum.
      - Steven_Malynn
        
        Wrong.
      - mhughes0379
        
        Exactly which part is “wrong”? We can debate it if you’d like to do so. Just be prepared to lose. 😉
      - Steven_Malynn
        
        Infrastructure is not socialism.
        
        Socialism is gussied up feudalism (the idea that government should control the means of production), except in practice socialism is LESS effective than feudal rule.
        
        The social welfare state is not necessarily socialism- in fact, social welfare will bankrupt any but the richest states.
      - Jaybird
        
        I would argue that the act of commerce is so basic to human culture that economics forms culture more than the other way around.
        And how much transparency was in effect when the European central banks took trillions of dollars from the U.S. Federal Reserve to prevent cascading financial failures? Not much, I can tell you that.
        So I would contest your claim of transparency because fractional central banking is less transparent than any form of banking humanity has ever had and it’s the basis of modern economics. Can you say “gigantic house of cards”?
      - peteywheats
        
        SCARY SOCIALISM!!!! SOON WE WILL BE LIVING A NIGHTMARE WHERE WE HAVE HEALTH CARE!!!! LIKE EVERY OTHER ADVANCED COUNTRY ON THE PLANET EARTH!! SCARY!@!!!!!@!@!@!@
      - Jaybird
        
        The vast majority of “health care” is eat healthy and stay in shape.
        An individual does not need health care insurance to accomplish that.
      - peteywheats
        
        Jog that cancer away!
      - peteywheats
        
        Leg Torn off in an auto accident? Eat a bran muffin!
    - CapnRusty
      
      It is astonishing to me that anyone who could read a newspaper, and follow the utter economic annihilation of Venezuela, which sits atop the largest oil reserves in the Western Hemisphere, as a direct result of Socialism, that any person reading those facts could possibly vote for Mr Sanders.
      - mhughes0379
        
        Wow. You really have no idea about that which you’re speaking, do you? Research, dude. Your way of thinking is how we get guys like Trump running the country. We are currently the laughing stock of the world.
      - stephen e. hansen
        
        Honor the greatness of Trump!!!!
      - mhughes0379
        
        Yes. Let us honor the man who has broken the record for highest disapproval rating during his first term. Something most definitely caused that, but “greatness” may be a stretch.
        
        Oh, I know what it is …”fake news”! 🙂
    - Jaybird
      
      Plenty of excitement in the Trump rallies as well.
      Hillary was the “elephant” in the room, the one voters loved to hate.
  - CapnRusty
    
    Layla: In addition, it seems that most of the first time voters are liberals, or at least, Democrats. As they leave home and head for a career someplace, they are not going to Wichita, KS, or Mobridge, SD or some other flyover country town. Nope. They’re head for the bright ights and “Progressive” cities that the press says are the best. Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, etc.
    
    So in the 2020 election, with all its new liberal voters, California will go democrat by an even larger margin . . . and still have only 55 electoral votes. The hurculean task facing the Democrats is to gain votes in flyover country. But the mass meltdowns, hissy fits, and melting snowflakes, not to mention the “Not My President” signs, and celebrities calling for torching the White House will drive all the rational people in the other 47 states to go even more strongly for Trump. Unless the Democrats can control their repulsive mob, they won’t be in power anyplace for several decades.
    
    And that, children, is called Justice.
  - Hopeandchange2.0
    
    Looks like the Clintons and the DNC didn’t play by the rules in many other ways, too.
- Jaybird
  
  In your example, 1 voter passing something is 100%.
  Bad example.
  But your point of considering “abstainers” is a good one.
  The only way to really make it count is if the abstainers mark “Abstain”.
  If the individual doesn’t get up and vote, their vote cannot be counted.
Steve Barison

Wow, I never realized Alaska comprises one gigantic county!
elgavilansegoviano

……..Map shows the 20-30 Million Illegal Alien voters that help the Lying, Crooked, Criminal win the “Popular” vote!!,……..
- eboe thrasher
  
  You are well and truly fucked in your head.
  - elgavilansegoviano
    
    …….Hey Jelly Brain!,…Better get your head out of your ass, and see the light!!,….spending to much time in the darkness!!,….Besides, don’t you think you should get a fresh breath of air!!….haven’t you had had enough of your own stench!!??,……
  - democrats ARE racist IDIOTS
    
    at least we all agree that liberals are phukin pieces of sh*t
nimbii

Can I get this map printed on a poster suitable for framing???
nimbii

How can I get a poster sized copy of this map?
ThaEff

Source???????????????????????????? DURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR???????????????
FR

This map gives the wrong impression…see here ( http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/2016/ ) what happens when adjusting for population or voter density.
- Steven_Malynn
  
  Lets see, adjusting geographic reality to fit your abstract preferences. Science!
  - Curtis Densmore
    
    They are suggesting adjusting the way a map is drawn to more accurately reflect reality. It’s not very abstract. Since Hillary won more votes, wouldn’t an accurate map of the results be mostly blue?
    - Steven_Malynn
      
      The map accurately depicts county by county election results, which accurately depicts the electoral college results.
      
      Morphing actual geographic depiction to depict population density has zero relevance to the electoral college results.
      - Curtis Densmore
        
        I’d say that the victory margins of each county have zero relevance. The only number that matters for determining the winner is the total number for each state. I find it odd that you consider the raw data morphed. The data must be morphed to create this map and to determine the winner.
      - Steven_Malynn
        
        Does a map depict geography or not?
      - mhughes0379
        
        That’s the point. A map shows geography, nothing more and nothing less. It doesn’t tell anything in depth, and it most certainly doesn’t tell the whole story.
        
        Those of us who seek truth rather than ways to support our subjective opinions look further than black and white.
      - Steven_Malynn
        
        Other than making you feel better, what use is the map that bears no relation to actual geography?
      - mhughes0379
        
        Huh?!?
        
        Man, there’s clearly no need to continue this dialogue. I think anything further from me is going to come across as condescending, and I don’t want to do that. I’m a bit baffled at the moment.
      - Steven_Malynn
        
        I think you passed “condescension” with “those of us who seek truth”. You still avoid answering, I have no clue what value a map that does not depict geography has.
    - Jaybird
      
      If California was simply neutral, Trump wins the popular vote easily.
      You really want the most populace state to decide everything?
      I take you live in California.
devan95

2.2 million fewer votes: however, if you remove just 2 cities, L.A. And N.Y., Trump wins the popular vote by 500,000. Do you want presidents elected by 2 far left…or far right, cities? No, that’s why the electoral method is pure genius.
- Poppycock
  
  so you just stripped the right to vote for millions of people un-constitutionally, and you think it proves a point. it does, just not the one you think it does.
  - Pomona Pete
    
    hogwash! wash your hog in poppycock!
  - Douglas Self
    
    It doesn’t matter. Read Article Two, which describes the Executive Branch…what does it lead off WITH? “The STATES shall elect the President…”. If anything,the Electoral College is virtually a concession to the original “Virginia Plan”, which would have apportioned electors the same as the House of Representatives. The alternate “New Jersey” plan was one state, ONE vote…so the E.C. is a compromise of them both, but heavily favored towards the populous states, except…if the E.C. cannot elect the President, then the election goes into the House of Representatives, in which each state delegation has ONE vote. And yes, it’s possible for a state’s delegation to deadlock if the number of reps is even. And despite FOUR Amendments to the process of electing the President, there is still NO law that mandates that a state conduct a popular election for POTUS at all!
    
    This is why all the whining about “popular vote” is just that…WHINING. There are defects, and I’d like to see all states use the “Congressional District” method, with the plural winner taking the two E.C. votes due to the Senate, as Nebraska and Maine do, and not the current (plural) ‘winner take all’, which renders the race in a state that’s overwhelmingly ‘blue’ or ‘red’ meaningless. For example, almost as many in Florida voted as did California, with TWICE the voting population! The difference…FL was well-contested, whereas even with all the voter fraud, California was still solidly Democrat.
  - peg_c the Deplorable ✓ᵀᴿᵁᴹᴾ
    
    First, we are not a democracy. We are a democratic republic. Read and learn. Second, there were likely >10 million illegal, fraudulent, and dead votes cast for Crooked. There is a WH commission now studying the data and all will be revealed eventually. You will find out just how hated and bought the Hildebeast really was. There was in fact a Trump landslide!
    - MJAC
      
      1,000 LEGAL up votes for you.
      . .
      1,000 months at hard labor for the secretaries of state who refuse to allow a thorough audit of voting fraud in their respective states.
      - peg_c the Deplorable ✓ᵀᴿᵁᴹᴾ
        
        That’s 83 years of hard labor. LOL! But I like it.
    - Brian Bernardo
      
      Lastly, The United States is actually a Constitutional Republic. Dial back your read and learned condescension. You assert an incorrect statement which highlights a glaring misunderstanding of the government of the United States, only to followup with “likely” and “all will be revealed” and “you will find out.” You add no hard evidence or data to support your theories on what is “likely.”. Given the lengths this administration has gone to in order to not be accountable for anything, it is likely that what was there to find out would have already been revealed.
    - KrK
      
      The story of millions of illegal votes is thoroughly debunked…. even Trump’s B.S. commission can’t find evidence of it.
      - peg_c the Deplorable ✓ᵀᴿᵁᴹᴾ
        
        Some of it has already been PROVEN and admitted! There will be more. Kris Kobach is conducting a thorough study. This takes time and furthermore whole states (California, full of almost nothing BUT illegals now) that refuse to cooperate. BUT THEY WILL.
      - Jaybird
        
        Meaningless.
        That’s not how presidents are elected.
        That was and is the point.
        And to an earlier point…
        No, I don’t want a large population in one or two cities deciding for the entire country. The E.C. prevents that and it is in the Constitution, Mr. Constitutional Republic (you just sank your own argument).
      - Steve
        
        The democrat mantra is vote early and often and don’t forget to bring your dead to vote also.
John Ford

Take away the dead people voting, the illegal immigrant vote, and the scum that voted 10 times being bused around with DNC money and trump won by 3-4 million.
- Douglas Self
  
  However, it seems that most of this effort was wasted in the states where they had a landslide anyway. This is why I think we’re fortunate that Gore lost in 2000 and HRC in 2016…would YOU have confidence in someone who can’t win a rigged election?
Poppycock

How about an electoral map that properly shows population instead of largely-empty land?
Edward Smith

“liberal Country?” Yea right.
Curtis Densmore

Congress should vote on laws like the electoral college. After the votes are tallied, the votes would be modified to make the members within each state vote unanimously. That makes sense, right? If people live more closely together, their voting power should be diminished. People who live further apart should have more power in the election. After all, they have more power in the House and much more power in the Senate.

Just to be clear, the above paragraph was sarcastic. If you think the founding fathers envisioned this system and they were perfect, you’re wrong on both accounts. The original vision for picking the president was not to make all the votes from a particular state unanimous. That’s not the point. The point was for the people to elect electors, who then used their brains to pick a president. It was to keep the uneducated masses from picking the president.

Imagine the bloodbath if a Democrat were president and had lost by millions of votes.
Curtis Densmore

While this is an interesting map, it is misleading in a few ways, which is why it’s Trump’s favorite map. It seems that every decision made by the mapmaker was to emphasize rural areas. Maps, just like stats and charts, can be used to tell an honest story or a biased one. My whining isn’t partisan, I just like the truth.

1) The color of each county indicates the margin of victory, not the number of votes. Therefore, inconsequential areas have a disproportionate effect on the look of the map.

2) The importance of states is diminished. If you’re going to argue that the popular vote doesn’t matter and it’s all about the states, what really doesn’t matter are the counties. A state-by-state map is much less red than this one.

3) Borders. Many blue counties have a small area and a border makes them even smaller. Would you have any idea from this map that there are more Hillary voters in Manhattan than there are residents of Wyoming? You can’t even see Manhattan, while Wyoming is a big red blob.
- Jaybird
  
  See those gigantic blue areas in southern Cal interior?
  Not many people living there, either.
- Derry Eynon
  
  I think the point is to show the geographical distribution, not the numeric distribution of voter sentiment. Generally, the less populated an area, the greater the need for self-reliance. That often affects voting behavior.
schizoidman

There are 2 states that are not winner take all electoral college votes, Nebraska and Maine. The electoral college votes should be set up such that 2 are winner take all within the state (represents the senate) and the rest should be winner for each district within the state (represents the house of representatives).
This would make every vote count for much more. For example, my state has voted for the same party for president every time with just 1 exception since FDR. If most of the electoral votes were decided by congressional district instead of by state, you might get a few districts that vote the other way. Why should I bother to vote for president if I know the way my state is going to go? But within my specific congressional district the other party’s candidate may be able to win. Trump would not have gotten all of the Texas or Florida votes. Clinton would not have gotten all of the California or New York votes. Almost every state becomes a “battleground” state, not just Florida and Ohio and a few others.
- mhughes0379
  
  I would agree with much of what you said; it makes sense in many ways. It is certainly more logical than the current electoral college setup which, in my opinion, is well outdated.
  
  I would add that Superdelegates need to go as well. To me, that breeds corruption.
Whirled Peas

I love to compare this map to pictures of the night sky taken from space. It shows that the blue votes are where most of the people live.

https://3c1703fe8d.site.internapcdn.net/newman/csz/news/800/2017/1-newnightligh.jpg
- armchair naturalist
  
  It’s basically a population map. Well educated people live in populous areas. Hmmm
  - Whirled Peas
    
    Also… more PEOPLE (in general) live in populous areas. Donald Trump won the counties that have few people, yet he still gets to color them red. His map is a very misleading graphic.
    - Jaybird
      
      What’s not misleading is that the overall vote count was quite close, but the vast majority of the country wanted Trump.
      The president should be the president for the ENTIRE U.S., not just the president of the biggest cities, don’t you think? That’s just obviously the fair thing to abide by.
      - Whirled Peas
        
        How is having 3 million LESS votes …the same things as “the vast majority wanted Trump”?
        
        And I would turn your question around and ask “shouldn’t the president be for the ENTIRE US, and not just the president of the rural or less populated areas?”
        
        I think that would be fair too. But obviously, Trump only cares about playing to his base.
        
        http://www.businessinsider.com/popular-vote-trump-clinton-2016-12
      - Jaybird
        
        And Obama wasn’t the same way?
        You’re talking in circles
      - mhughes0379
        
        The vast majority of the country is rural, having very little experience of the world outside of their little area. The experience that the majority –not all, mind you, but the majority– of rural Americans have with the rest of the world is limited to vacations, military sevice/war, or small trips to “the city.” I’m sorry, but living in a box isn’t conducive to understanding of the world around you.
        
        According to the exit polls, the largest demographics who voted for Trump were elderly (many still wishing for a return to the grand days of yesteryear), the religeous (basing lives and decisions on something without any evidence or statistical proof), and the uneducated. Oh, and white men. After 12-1/2 months of Trump presidency, we see the effects, and his approval ratings –Republicans included– tell the story that couldn’t be foreseen by homogeonicity, religion, and lack of education and experience.
        
        When you add in diversity, logic, and education, the sum parts equal the majority of America with experience outside of rural America.
        
        Yes, that explains why so many counties went to Trump (well, that and the “Hillary factor”). There is hope for us, the majority, however, because “the times, they are a changin’.”
  - Boo Boo
    
    You should look at another map. The IQ map of the country, and you’ll find that California and New York, your liberal bastions, have the lowest IQ in the country. You know why? Fucking third world illegal immigration. Get over yourself.
First_Blood

We win again in 2020 boys and girls. Get ready to meme and campaign. Smash antifa brown coat savages. Rust Belt we’re counting on you again.
- Whirled Peas
  
  Smash the anti-fascists? Is that a good goal? When has fascism been welcome in America?
  
  How about we smash destroyers of democracy?
- vladdy
  
  We’ll be there with bells on. And don’t forget the states – 36 out of 50 now. But we have to primary the RINO’s. They’re embarassing the way they jump to be sure people know they’re PC- – still haven’t realized most of us don’t WANT PC. MAGA for all.
nimbii

Can we get this as a large wall map?
- vladdy
  
  Just to a search engine and put in something like “order 2016 county election map,” and lots of places will come up.
  - nimbii
    
    Thanks, just ordered one from Amazon.
libra8a .

This map is precisely why we use the electoral college and not popular vote.
Allie

The reason that so many people didn’t vote is because they figured there’d be no way in hell that Trump would even be close, so they stayed home. If there was a way to turn back time, knowing what we now know, all those who originally stayed home would get off their asses to vote so Trump would lose in a landslide. This re-vote will come to fruition though… in 2018.. and especially in 2020 if the POS POTUS is running again.** ** That’s if a Trump instigated nuclear war doesn’t kill us all prior to the 2018 election.
- vladdy
  
  You must be a city dweller. Here in the Heartland, people were extremely excited to vote for Trump. Nothing would have kept them from the polls that day. And we knew, regardless of the heavily-weighted polls, that we had a winner. Innumerable Dems crossed over to vote, because he’s not an establishment anything — if anybody was ever a true maverick and a man of his own, it is DT. He wouldn’t have “lost in a landslide” in anywhere but the urban areas.
  
  So maybe people in your area stayed home — I don’t know — but not across the country. Looking good so far for 2018 and 2020. We’re exporting energy to other countries, instead of buying it, because we have so much now. And hey, no reason to call him a POS just because your girl didn’t win. That’s politics — try again next time. As for the nuclear war, everybody who knows anything about the military knows the value of tough talk. N. Korea backed down, we just commissioned the largest, most technically-advanced aircraft carrier in the world, military morale is way up.
  
  It’s good for everybody, cities, too, when the unemployment rate is down, businesses are hiring again, and folks with retirement plans see the stock market breaking records. No Paris accords, no TPP, renegotiating NAFA — these are good days, and they’ll only get better. Join us!
nimbii

Can I order a poster sized county-by-county election map for 2016?

Thanks
Peppie Eppo

The best President for the USA and the World Trump (y)
Peppie Eppo

The best President for the USA and the World Trump
klyph

Iv lived in Cali all my life . Worked in the construction industry in th SF Bay Area . I was a part of staff for a union demolition co. where our Gen Superintendent was in fact an illegal . All 23 of our foremen except one were illegal , brought in from Jalisco Mexico . We hired up to 80 union employees a day for field ops . Most were illegal . I asked the Gen Supt how this was possible and he told me at the time(2004) it cost’s $ 2600 to “paper” them up and make them fake citizens . (I understand now it costs considerably more) These guys were buying homes and driving 4×4 f250’s . They had wives and 5 kids , 3-4 mistresses all pregnant with multiple children , all paid for by citizen taxes . The union does not vet their applicants as long as they have “papers” . Many of these illegal citizens voted . With the advent of people being more politically passionate many more illegal citizens voted in this last election . The California government overlooks the illegals coming over the boarder and in fact assists them to build a new democrat base . Take away just the illegal voters in Cali and Trump won the popular vote too . Later after i left the company i learned these Mexican illegals were running a large drug operation out of the company . I understood they were running cocaine and meth . I suspected it but got confirmation later after leaving the Co . By the way i was asked by the owner to find missing equipment when hired and 2 yrs into my tenure i found a Bobcat tractor in the garage of one of 3 houses the Superintendent owned . When i reported it to the owner of the Co. he said he had to let me go because he couldn’t run his Co. without his illegal Gen Supt. “Jose” ran his men like a Mafia boss and in fact was .

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