Thread by @TheValuesVoter

Of the 100 counties with the largest Voting Age Population (VAP), Joe Biden won 91 of those counties last year.

Of the 100 counties whose VAP makes up the largest percentage of their state’s VAP (big counties where much of the state population lives), Biden won 79 of them.

For example, there are 5 counties that make up the majority of their states’ Voting Age Population:

Clark County, NV
Honolulu County, HI
Maricopa County, AZ
Providence County, RI
New Castle County, DE

Biden won all 5 counties. And, obviously, all 5 states.

Counties which make up 10% or more of their state’s population which were won by Biden despite Trump winning the state:

Salt Lake County, UT
Douglass County, NE
(Biden won 1 Electoral Vote from Nebraska’s Second Congressional District)
Johnson County, KS
Jefferson County, KY

Counties which make up 10% or more of their state’s population which were won by Biden despite Trump winning the state (cont):

Lancaster County, NE
St. Louis County, MO
Harris County, TX
Polk County, IA
Marion County, IN
Jefferson County, AL
Pulaski County, AR

Counties which make up 10% or more of their state’s population which were won by Biden despite Trump winning the state (cont):

Shelby County, TN
Miami-Dade County, FL
Jackson County, MO
Gallatin County, MT
Missoula County, MT
Franklin County, OH
Cuyahoga County, OH

Counties which make up 10% or more of their state’s population which were won by Biden despite Trump winning the state (cont):

Davidson County, TN
Wake County, NC
Mecklenburg County, NC

Biden won 21 counties that make up 10% or more of the voting age population in Trump states.

On the other hand, here are the counties which make up 10% or more of their state’s population which were won by Trump despite Biden winning the state:

Sussex County, DE
El Paso County, CO
Penobscot County, ME

And that’s it.

Biden won 21 counties that make up a tenth of more of the voting age population in states Trump won.

Trump won 3 counties that make up a tenth or more of the voting age population in states Biden won.

Trump won a lot more counties. But Biden won counties with huge populations.

If you limit the conversation to the states which Trump tried to steal and which he still falsely claims he won, the same thing is true there.

Of the 10 counties that make up a tenth or more of the voting age population in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan. Nevada, Biden won all 10.

Why is this important? Because winning a state in a Presidential contest means (unless somebody figures out a way to not count the votes) winning the majority of the votes in the state. Winning a county where big chunks of the population lives helps a lot toward winning states.

Examples:
Georgia has 159 counties. And there are more people who are old enough to vote in its largest county, Fulton, than there are in Georgia’s 84 smallest counties COMBINED.

Fulton is a blue county. Which is why the Georgia GOP has focused on making voting harder there.

Texas has 254 counties. And there are more people who are old enough to vote in its largest county, Harris, than there are in Texas’ 213 smallest counties COMBINED.

Harris is a blue county. Which is why the Texas GOP is focused on making voting harder there.

Most of Nevada’s voting age population lives in Clark County.

Most of Arizona’s voting age population lives in Maricopa County.

Michigan has 83 counties. And more people of voting age live in its largest county, Wayne, than live in Michigan’s 57 smallest counties.

So this is why the GOP has been so obsessed with #VoterSuppression. The party, especially under Trump and his clones, does not generally do well in places where a lot of people live, which also tend to be places which are fairly ethnically diverse.

And these places which are generally diverse and which make up a significant share of the population in almost every state, if won by Democrats, makes it easier for a state to tip blue. Making it more inconvenient to vote might diminish turnout which might keep the state red.

And if all else fails, some people figure, you can always just not count all the votes.

We are at the point where a substantial number of people in one of our two major political parties values winning elections more than democracy itself. That’s why our system is in peril.

And this is important - NOBODY IS MORE OR LESS IMPORTANT BASED ON WHERE THEY LIVE (or based on what continent their ancestors came from).

This is just math. The idea of democracy is that everybody gets a vote. Then you count them. And whoever wins, wins.

But some people have given up on the idea of democracy because they don’t think it works for them. Which is sad beyond words.

Ironically, a lot of the people who think they can’t win if everybody votes have never even tried asking everybody for their votes.