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Paul K. Ogden's avatar

Pretty misleading statistic. Biden counties have a lot more population which is why they have more GDP.

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Lewis Grotelueschen's avatar

Correcting for this to put productivity on a per capita basis, the ratio is about 60-40 which still is a pretty stark difference.

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Lewis Grotelueschen's avatar

Looked up the numbers to be more precise. 197.9 million people lived in Biden counties. 130.3 million in Trump counties. The 197.9 million produced 71% of GDP while the 130.3 million produced 29%. Doing the math, the average resident in Biden counties was 61% more productive that the average resident in Trump counties. Or if you prefer, the average resident in Trump counties was 38% less productive than the average resident in Biden counties.

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orbit's avatar

Yet the low population counties have way more political pull than those high population counties.

That's not misleading.

That's the truth.

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JF's avatar

I donтАЩt disagree with that at all. My point is that in the event of a schism, the relatively unproductive red districts may be at a disadvantage. A disadvantage they wonтАЩt be prepared for because they have no idea.

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Terry Hilldale's avatar

They look at an electoral map and see that it is about 90% red and they are sure they are the majority of the country. They do not realize that all that red is mostly low density land.

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JF's avatar

Yes, exactly. I was even surprised by the data on GDP skewing heavily blue. Probably because I never really thought about it. But they should, because theyтАЩre the ones yapping about civil war.

I think there will be some logical economic consequences brewing surrounding severe abortion restrictions, but I wonder what the lag time will be.

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Terry Hilldale's avatar

They watch too much TV and do not realize what a hot civil war would mean. Apart from traumatizing themselves by murdering people, they don't understand that in the current "just in time, on demand" inventory system, the stores shelves will be empty of ALL merchandise in about three days. Stock up now..

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JF's avatar

That doesnтАЩt change the implications.

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