The map above is an interesting examples of land doesn’t vote, people do.
It shows the 2020 Presidential race results by precinct in both Kansas and Missouri. Just looking at the map you’d expect Trump (in red) won 90%+ of the vote in each state.
And while he did win both states, it was by a much smaller margin than the maps above would suggest.
In Kansas Trump won 56.14% of the popular vote compared to Biden’s 41.51%, with Biden winning Johnson county the most populous in the state, by a margin of 52.74% vs 44.54%.
In Missouri, Trump won even more votes at 56.80% vs Biden at 41.41%. But once again Biden won St. Louis county, the most populous in the state by a margin of 61.17% vs 37.19%.
You can read more about the 2020 results by county for the whole country here. In total, Trump won 2,595 counties (82.30%) while Biden carried only 558 (17.70%), but because Biden won biggly in the biggest counties he ended up with the 7 million more vote than Trump.
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