Data from U.S. Presidential elections are usually reported on the county level (e.g., in NYC we have counties which we ordinarily call "boroughs"; Manhattan, where President Tump lives, went entirely for Hilary Clinton but Manhattan has many precincts -- did any of them go for Trump?) and new research by a doctoral student at Washington State University analyze the presidential vote at the precinct level (which is harder to do than one would expect; the linked NY Times article points out some of the problems). The NY Times makes the available the results in the form of an interactive map (how did your precinct vote? Canadians and Tipsters from other countries can fantasize about living in a place in the U.S.): see: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/07/25/upshot/precinct-map-highlights.html
One of the things that is immediately apparent is the urban-rural split (cities went for Clinton, rural areas went for Trump which colors most of the map Red for Republican but a lot of these areas are sparsely populated). Of interest to Tipsters is the question of how did college towns in the sea of Red vote compared to surrounding areas? Well, it depends upon the college. For Example, Kenyon College, located in some God-forsaken place called Ohio -> ;-) (hey, I still remember the National Guard shooting student protestors in 1970 at Kent State; listen to the Song "Ohio" by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young and/or see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings ) had its precinct vote go to Clinton while surrounding areas went.for the other guy. However, Dallas,. TX, which went heavily for Clinton (yeah, surprising for a southern city) but the precinct containing Dallas Baptist University went for that other guy. If you admininstered Bob Altemeyer's RWA scale at the two colleges, can you predict which one will be higher on authoritarianism? HINT: RWA relies heavily on SUBMISSION to authority. Anyways, have some fun with the interactive map. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu P.S. BTW, no precinct in Manhattan went for the other guy. Go figure. ;-) --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=52613 or send a blank email to leave-52613-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
