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2016 Postmortem

Rstrstx

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20. Most states are going to have red suburbs surrounding the cities

Reply to TwilightZone (Reply #19)

Wed Dec 7, 2016, 02:48 PM

Dec 2016

If you take an extreme case like Illinois, Cook County is the only thing preventing it from being a red state (that's a big "but" though). Nevada is turning into something similar with Vegas.

Since it's just for fun and games, there is a way to split Texas in half that keeps Dallas and other urban counties in the +D part and most (but not all) of the +R suburbs and places like Waco in a separate state. It would look a bit awkward - like a turkey or some sort of bird - but would have been +D by a half-million votes

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There's no shading it, Harris County (Texas) went undeniably blue [View all] TwilightZone Dec 2016 OP

Congrats to the lovely blue oasis. riversedge Dec 2016 #1

We have a few.... TwilightZone Dec 2016 #8

Don't forget El Paso Rstrstx Dec 2016 #10

Agreed. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #15

I was in the Harris County voter protection war room on election night Gothmog Dec 2016 #2

Thank you. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #3

Harris County elections are run by a tea party nut case named Stan Stannart Gothmog Dec 2016 #5

And Dan Patrick's kid lost his judgeship. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #7

Hillary did much better than Obama in TX (in 2012) in general. LisaL Dec 2016 #4

No, but it's a start. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #6

This is great progress RonniePudding Dec 2016 #9

Perhaps the southern and northern parts of the state need to divorce Rstrstx Dec 2016 #11

Not sure where that map came from, but it's not accurate. Dallas, for one, was blue. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #13

It's from redraw the map Rstrstx Dec 2016 #18

Ah. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #19

Most states are going to have red suburbs surrounding the cities Rstrstx Dec 2016 #20

Obama took almost all the TX urban areas in both 2008 and 2012. Paladin Dec 2016 #12

Um, that's pretty much the entire point of this post. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #14

I had 2 sets of GOP canvasers knock on my door and I live in one of the more liberal areas... uponit7771 Dec 2016 #16

Better turnout in the other already-blue and purple areas might be easier. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #17

This really points to a problem with the electoral college. yardwork Dec 2016 #21

Blue for Hillary! Thank you, TwilightZone.. which Cha Dec 2016 #22

lol, no kidding. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #23

lol Gonna be long ass one.. Cha Dec 2016 #24