Here's a list of when each minute barrier was broken in SM64 120 star, starting with Honey's first sub 2 hour time. (N64 times only)
Who will achieve the first 1:35?
Evening, y'all. Here's a map of the 100 most educated counties in the USA, and how each voted in the 2020 presidential election.
Biden carried 81, while Trump won 19.
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Located in the suburbs of DFW, Frisco was America's fastest growing city in the 2010s. Here's how the city voted in recent years...
2014: R+47.6
2016: R+16.7
2018: R+4.5
2020: R+2.3
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Siglemic achieved the first 1:43 in 120 star on April 23, 2014.
Since then, 79 people have bopped Siglemic's time. Here is the full list in chronological order.
2010 was the last time Republicans were competitive in Fairfax County. In a red wave, Democrats only won the combined US house vote in the county+city by 2.3 points.
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Majority hispanic precincts in Maricopa County.
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2020 Pres: D+47.8
2016 Pres: D+48.9
A small R shift, which crucially allowed Biden to carry the state.
2020 Presidential Election overlaid with a binary classification of rate of higher education (Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2015-2019).
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Rich Men North of Richmond!
(every block group highlighted has an average household income of over $300k/year)
Election results:
2012 Pres: D+1.12
2016 Pres: D+24.14
2020 Pres: D+26.56
2021 Gov: D+17.04
North Oaks is Minnesota's most educated town. 73% have a college degree.
2014 Senate: R+26.3
2020 President: D+14.5
A swing of over 40 points!
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In 2019, Democrats flipped the 10th state senate seat, located in the Richmond suburbs.
@SenatorHashmi
defeated incumbent
@GlenSturtevant
, thus flipping control of the chamber. As a result, the VA GOP remains one seat short of a trifecta.
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Haven't posted a proper election map in a while, so here it goes. This is the 2012-2020 swing in Presidential elections in the 50 most educated counties.
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Data source:
Relevant info for SD-17, HD-75, HD-82, HD-84, HD-89:
In these localities, the 2023 mail vote has nearly matched or even exceeded the total 2022 mail vote.
Still have 9 days to go till election day!
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The most educated congressional district in America (if you could draw lines across states):
82.05% have at least a bachelor's degree
49.72% have a graduate degree
From
@L2political
, modeled advantage for Democrats rises back to 25 points.
This is likely a reflection of the opening of additional satellite early voting locations in Fairfax County (where
@TerryMcAuliffe
won by 30 points), the state's most populous county.
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Virginia voters approved the passage of Constitutional Amendment 1 to establish a redistricting commission. The amendment passed nearly everywhere but fared noticeably worse in NOVA.
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@JMilesColeman
@SenhorRaposa
Happy 4/20,
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!
Here's a map comparing Colorado's Amendment 64 to the concurrent Presidential election in 2012.
Amendment 64 passed, outrunning Obama by 5 points. This later led to the legalization of recreational marijuana in Colorado.
Here's how the most populous cities in Kansas voted in 2012 vs 2020.
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The largest swings are in JoCo, home to many white college-educated voters.
This congressional district is the capital of the
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57.47% white, 72.22% college educated, $185k mean household income.
2012-2020 swing: D+26.46
And this is before January 6th and Dobbs. Imagine what 2024 will look like?
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Zionsville, Indiana might be the most educated city in America to vote for Trump in 2020. According to the US Census Bureau QuickFacts, 71.9% are college educated.
Given the trends, however, the city likely flips in 2024.
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In 2010, the Senate race in California looked competitive. Some polls put
@CarlyFiorina
within the margin of error of defeating incumbent senator
@BarbaraBoxer
. In the end, however, Boxer was re-elected by a margin of 10 points.
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Albemarle County last voted Republican in 2009, when
@BobMcDonnell
won the county by 1%. Albemarle voted Dem for LtGov and AG that year.
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Here's a comparison between the performance of
@ewarren
and
@MikeBloomberg
in Fairfax County/city in the 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary.
Blue = Warren did better
Red = Bloomberg did better
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Virginia Early Voting Update after 2 weeks:
2021: 166,771
2022: 148,786
2023: 144,667
There is a backlog of mail that hasn't been counted, but otherwise 2023 is still tracking slightly ahead of 2022.
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The one precinct in Fairfax County where
@GlennYoungkin
did worse than Corey Stewart.
Without looking it up, can you guess what's special about this precinct?
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Virginia - NOVA would be a Republican leaning swing state (much like NC):
2016 Pres: Trump 50.59-44.00
2017 Gov: Gillespie 50.70-48.13
2018 Senate: Kaine 51.13-47.00
2020 Pres: Trump 50.19-47.97
2020 Senate: Warner 50.54-49.36
2021 Gov: Youngkin 56.59-42.59
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Change in seats in the House of Delegates for the governor's party:
1995: Allen (R), R+0
1999: Gilmore (R), R+3
2003: Warner (D), D+3
2007: Kaine (D), D+4
2011: McDonnell (R), R+8
2015: McAuliffe (D), D+1
2019: Northam (D), D+6
2023: Youngkin (R), D+3
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This is the first time the governor's party (net) lost seats in the House of Delegates since 1995! And I can't remember the last time the governer's party lost control of the House of Delegates during an off-off year election...
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Day 4 of Virginia early voting saw 7,503 in-person early votes
In 2021, it was 7,333 and 2022 had 6,913
Large numbers of mail ballots are also starting to come in with 5,048 yesterday
Such early voting is impressive w no statewide or Federal election