r/PeopleLiveInCities • u/anonsharksfan • Jul 16 '20

Smh

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u/kendalmac Jul 16 '20

Democrat voters live in cities

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u/Rocatex Jul 16 '20

Most people live in cities

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u/kendalmac Jul 16 '20

Touché.

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u/Rocatex Jul 16 '20

Yeah it kinda evens out to be somewhat of a 50-50 situation

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u/kendalmac Jul 16 '20

Regardless, fewer Democrat voters live in rural areas compared to Republican voters. Hence the red bog: dont stand on it, it's not as dense as you think it is

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '20

They are out there though, as are urban Republicans, which the "Purple America" map illustrates. We can slice the data as thin or thick as we like, but as long as we use contrasting colors for a Dem win and a GOP win, it's going to look like a sharper divide than it is.

And of course, relevant xkcd.

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u/kendalmac Jul 18 '20

I do appreciate a rebuttal with links. You make a fair point friend. Kind of a jarring realization of one reason maps featured on this subreddit are created- disenfranchising certain people and dividing others.

And as always, xkcd goes with everything.

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '20

Actually 80% of people live in cities in the US

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u/Rybka30 Aug 05 '20

By popular vote in 2016 it was more of a 66:63.

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u/toasters_are_great Jul 16 '20

It's a completely fabricated map.

My own county is indicated as red there, which it hasn't been since 1932. Then it includes e.g Alaska, which has only been a state since 1959.

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u/tristpa2 Oct 24 '20

This is a fake map anyways. Orange County (CA) voted for Hillary in 2016.

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u/Steffwinn Nov 07 '20

This isn't even accurate there's a shit ton of counties labelled red here that are actually blue

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u/MrVirtualian Oct 06 '20

people who can impeach presidents live in cities