But the more than 75.6 million votes Biden won in the 2020 election led him to victory in nearly all of the country's top 100 most powerful local economies. Meanwhile, Trump voter counties make up less than one-third of the country's economic output, a Brookings Institution study said...Newsweek
Trump Counties Make Up Just 29 Percent of U.S. Economic Output, 2020 Election Study Shows
Benjamin Fearnow
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Euthanize them.
I was tempted to chime in with "because hillbillies," but then I thought to myself, "Now that would be rude, wouldn't it?" so I didn't :)
OK, this stuff here has to stop:
Michigan GOP backtracks after blocking vote certification
This not only makes you a laughing stock, but it's also embarrassing to us Canadians as well. I mean how would you feel if you just found out that your next-door neighbours all these years were mental whack jobs?
I don't know whether any conclusions can be drawn based on these figures, other than Trumpism is a right wing populist movement, just as progressivism appears to be a left wing populist movement.
These two versions of populism are likely to influence US politics for some time. Right now, Trumpism seems to be more populous than progressivism, which has not yet won any significant political victories.
That could change with a severe economic contraction, resulting in a situation similar to the 1930's. The pandemic would have to get a lot worse globally for that to happen in the US. Or some other exogenous factor. Endogenous economic and financial conditions don't support it.
Americans can vote for right populism or the status quo. Don't need a crystal ball to foresee that one.
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