In spite of what the Trump cult claims, the blue states subsidize the red states.
President-elect Joe Biden's support came from America's most economically productive counties.
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) November 12, 2020
Columnist @hiltzikm explains: https://t.co/GLVrQAUuRe
Joe Biden won just 477 of America’s 3,141 counties — but those counties account for an incredible 70% of the nation’s GDP.
— Reid Wilson (@PoliticsReid) November 11, 2020
By contrast, Clinton won counties that add up to 64% of GDP, Gore in 2000 won 54%. https://t.co/enwHlhxU22
Biden-voting counties equal 70% of America's economy. What does this mean for the nation's political-economic divide? https://t.co/UqcR6QixP2 via @BrookingsInst
— Thomas Edsall (@Edsall) November 10, 2020
Likewise in @BrookingsMetro study, seats held by House Ds now produce 50% more GDP on average than seats held by House Rs. How wide could that gap get if Rs further retreat in suburbs of TX, IN, NC, NE, OH (?) PA (?) etc @MarkMuro1 ? https://t.co/yIy8nErS8G https://t.co/ggs9stnMEF
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) October 11, 2020
He won almost all of the largest counties, too:
Biden beat Trump in the two largest counties the president carried last time: Maricopa (Phoenix) and Tarrant (Fort Worth).
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) November 12, 2020
When all the votes are counted, Suffolk County, on Long Island, may be the only one of the 50 largest counties that Trump won https://t.co/Bust0tuAEZ
Sad! 