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1500 follower milestone map! In 2004, Both George W Bush and John McCain won Arizona in their runs for President and Senate, although their margins were vastly different. McCain's margin of victory was over five times larger than Bush's margin of victory. #ElectionTwitter
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Five days ago, Kathy Hochul won New York City in her re-election bid for governor of New York by 39 points. Although she won the city by a very large margin, she did more than 27 points worse than Cuomo's performance back in 2018. #ElectionTwitter
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In 2006, the Ohio governorship flipped to Democrats, with Ted Strickland winning by a margin of nearly 24 points. His victory was the largest margin of victory for a Democrat in the entire history of the Ohio governorship. #ElectionTwitter
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Last year, despite Elissa Slotkin only winning her district by 5 points, Proposition 3 ended up winning by 23 points, a margin of over 17 points larger than Slotkin's win. This is also despite Elissa Slotkin claiming her district is pro-life. #ElectionTwitter
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Just found out that I have knocked the most doors out of anyone for Bowman! I have knocked over 1,200 doors for him!
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In 2006, incumbent Democratic governor of Arizona Janet Napolitano won reelection by over 27 points, winning every county in the state. No Democrat has won a gubernatorial election in Arizona since this. #ElectionTwitter
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From 2000 to 2020, Mingo County, WV went from a 21 point margin for Gore to a 71 point margin for Trump, a swing to the right of over 93 points. Prior to flipping in 2008, the county last voted Republican on the presidential level in 1972. #ElectionTwitter
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Back in 2000, incumbent Democratic senator Robert Byrd won reelection by over 57 points, winning every county in the state. Byrd received his highest ever percent of the vote in a contested general election in 2000. #ElectionTwitter
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In 2006, Bob Casey flipped the Pennsylvania Class 1 Senate seat by a margin of 17 points, defeating incumbent Republican Rick Santorum. Casey's 2006 win was the largest margin of victory for a Democrat in the seat ever. #ElectionTwitter
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Eight days ago, Chuck Schumer won New York City in his re-election bid for Senator of New York by over 47 points. Despite winning in it by such a large margin, the city swung almost 24 points to the right from Schumer's 2016 win. #ElectionTwitter
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Added precinct results to Wikipedia for all 2021 New York City borough president elections.
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I created my first Wikipedia map!
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Finished at 121 doors knocked!
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So far have knocked 103 doors for Cori Bush today!
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From 2000 to 2020, Travis County, TX went from a 5 point margin for Bush to a margin of nearly 45 points for Biden, a swing to the left of over 50 points. Although the county often voted Democratic before 2000, it last voted more Democratic than 2020 in 1948. #ElectionTwitter
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From 2000 to 2020, Fairfax County, VA went from a margin of 1 point for Bush to a margin of nearly 42 points for Biden, a swing towards Democrats of over 43 points. Prior to flipping in 2004 the county last voted for a Democrat on the presidential level in 1964. #ElectionTwitter
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@TrueSlazac I am an American consumer and I do not consent. You don't speak for all Americans.
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In 2006, incumbent Democratic senator Herb Kohl won reelection in Wisconsin by a margin of nearly 38 points. Kohl won every county in the state, making him the only Democrat to do so in a Wisconsin Senate election since 1976. #ElectionTwitter
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From 2000 to 2020, Franklin County, OH went from voting for Gore by 1 point to voting for Biden by 31 points, a swing towards Democrats of 30 points. The county has never voted more Democratic on the presidential level than it did in 2020. #ElectionTwitter
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From 2008 to 2020, Ohio's 6th congressional district went from a 7 point margin for McCain to a 44 point margin for Trump, a swing to the right of over 37 points. The district is currently represented by Republican Bill Johnson. #ElectionTwitter
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In 2008, Joe Biden ran for and won his last Senate election in Delaware, overperforming Obama (and himself) by over 4 points. His 2008 Senate election victory was his largest statewide victory in Delaware ever. #ElectionTwitter
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From 2000 to 2020, Cobb County, GA went from a margin of nearly 23 points for Bush to a margin of 14 points for Biden, a swing to the left of over 37 points. Prior to flipping in 2016, the county last voted for a Democrat on the presidential level in 1976. #ElectionTwitter
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Added precinct maps to Wikipedia for all 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland.
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In 2002, despite Wyoming usually being solidly Republican, Democrat Dave Freudenthal flipped the governorship there by over two points. Four years later, Freudenthal would go on to win reelection by nearly 40 points, winning every county in the state. #ElectionTwitter
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From 2008 to 2020, Suffolk County, NY went from a 6 point margin for Obama to a narrow 0.03 point margin for Trump, a swing to the right of 6 points. This county is the most populous Trump county in the country and, prior to 2016, last voted Republican in 1992. #ElectionTwitter
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In 2000, Rick Santorum won his last Senate election by a margin of nearly 7 points. He did well by getting high margins in a lot of rural Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia suburbs. Six years later, Santorum lost reelection to Bob Casey by over 17 points. #ElectionTwitter
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From 2000 to 2020, Jackson County, AL went from a margin for 3 points for Gore to a massive 67 point margin for Trump, a swing to the right of nearly 71 points. Prior to flipping in 2004, the county last voted Republican on the presidential level in 1972. #ElectionTwitter
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From 2000 to 2020, McDowell County, WV went from a 34 point margin for Gore to a 58 point margin for Trump, a swing towards Republicans of over 92 points. Prior to flipping in 2012, the county last voted for a Republican on the presidential level in 1972. #ElectionTwitter
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In 2006, Sherrod Brown won his first Senate election by defeating incumbent Republican senator Mike DeWine by a margin of over 12 points, a swing to the left of over 36 points from the 2000 Senate election. Brown did well in Appalachia and around Lake Erie. #ElectionTwitter
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Added precinct map to Wikipedia for the 2012 United States presidential election in Iowa.
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In 2006, Jennifer Granholm won reelection as governor of Michigan by a margin of 14 points, an improvement on her 2002 margin by over 10 points. Her margin of victory in was the largest Democratic margin for the governorship since 1986. #ElectionTwitter
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In 2006, despite Oklahoma usually being solid for Republicans statewide, incumbent Democratic governor Brad Henry managed to win reelection in the state by a margin of 33 points, a swing to the left of over 32 points from his previous victory. #ElectionTwitter
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From 2000 to 2020, Loudon County, VA went from a 15 point margin for Bush to a 25 point margin for Biden, a swing towards Democrats of over 40 points. Prior to flipping in 2008, the county last voted for a Democrat on the presidential level in 1964. #ElectionTwitter
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Yesterday, Janet Protasiewicz won Eau Claire county in her run for Wisconsin Supreme Court by nearly 28 points. This, like her good performances across the state, was a very good margin for her, as Biden only won this county by 10 and Evers won it by nearly 17. #ElectionTwitter
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So far have knocked 103 doors for Cori Bush today!
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From 2000 to 2020, Albemarle County, VA went from a 5 point margin for Bush to a 33 point margin for Biden, a swing towards Democrats of over 39 points. Prior to flipping in 2004, the county last voted for a Democrat on the presidential level in 1948. #ElectionTwitter
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Remade my old 26D New York gerrymander. All districts are at least Biden+23.
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From 2000 to 2020, Salt Lake County, UT went from a margin of nearly 21 points for Bush to a margin of 11 points for Biden, a swing to the left of nearly 32 points. Prior to flipping in 2008, the county last voted Democratic on the presidential level in 1964. #ElectionTwitter
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Made a third Wikipedia map.
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In 2010, Marco Rubio won his first election to become a Senator by over 19 points. This was as a result of Independent Charlie Crist and Democrat Kendrick Meek splitting the vote significantly, allowing Crist to win by a plurality. #ElectionTwitter
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From 2000 to 2020, Marion County, IN went from a 1 point margin for Bush to a 29 point margin for Biden, a swing towards Democrats of over 30 points. Prior to flipping in 2004, the county last voted for a Democrat on the presidential level in 1964. #ElectionTwitter
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In 2008, despite Obama losing South Dakota by over 8 points, Democrat Stephanie Herseth Sandlin won the state by a margin of over 35 points, a massive overperformance. This was the last election in which a Democrat won statewide in South Dakota. #ElectionTwitter
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From 2000 to 2020, Charlottesville, VA went from voting for Gore by over 28 points to voting for Biden by over 72 points, a swing towards Democrats of over 44 points. Charlottesville last voted bluer than 2020 in 1912. #ElectionTwitter
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From 2000 to 2020, Lake County, IL went from a 2 point margin for Bush to a 24 point margin for Biden, a swing towards Democrats of over 26 points. Prior to 2020, the county never voted this heavily for Democrats on the presidential level. #ElectionTwitter
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From 2012 to 2020, Texas's 7th congressional district went from solid Republican on the presidential level to likely Democrat, a swing to the left of nearly 30 points. The district is currently represented by Democrat Lizzie Fletcher. #ElectionTwitter
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Back in 1936, FDR won the city of Chicago in his run for president by nearly 33 points, which was better than his margin of 18 points in the state of Illinois and his margin of 24 points nationwide. #ElectionTwitter
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Three days ago, both Janet Protasiewicz and Tom Nelson won Outagamie County in their elections to the Wisconsin Supreme Court and County Executive, although progressive Tom Nelson outperformed Protasiewicz by over 8 points. This county was Trump+10 and Michels+7 #ElectionTwitter
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From 2008 to 2020, Belmont County, OH went from a margin of over 2 points for Obama to a margin of 43 points for Trump, a swing to the right of over 46 points. Prior to flipping in 2012, the county last voted Republican on the presidential level in 1972. #ElectionTwitter
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Two more Wikipedia maps added.
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From 2000 to 2020, despite Virginia as a whole swinging over 18 points to the left, Virginia's 9th congressional district went from a margin of nearly 16 points from Bush to a margin of over 40 points for Trump, a swing to the right of over 24 points. #ElectionTwitter
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11 days ago, progressive Democrat Summer Lee won the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania's 12 congressional district by a margin of under 1 point. Lee garnered most of her support from around Pittsburgh while Steve Irwin won many of the exurbs and rural areas. #ElectionTwitter
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In 2008, Roy Cooper won reelection to the position of North Carolina Attorney General by a massive margin of over 22 points in a state Obama won by under one percent that same year. In 2012, he won reelection unopposed, and in 2016, he ran for governor and won. #ElectionTwitter
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From 2000 to 2020, the New York City neighborhoods of Borough Park and Midwood went from a 23 point margin for Gore to a margin of nearly 49 points for Trump, a swing towards Republicans of over 72 points. These neighborhoods are home to a lot of Orthodox Jews. #ElectionTwitter
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In 2006, Democrat Eliot Spitzer flipped the governorship of New York, winning by over 38 points and only losing 4 counties. Spitzer's win was the largest Democratic margin of victory for the governorship of New York ever. #ElectionTwitter
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In 2008, despite Obama winning Delaware by over 25 points, incumbent representative Mike Castle won reelection in the state by over 23 points that same year. Castle ended up running for the senate special election in 2010 and losing the primary to O'Donnell. #ElectionTwitter
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Added county results to Wikipedia for the 1792 New York gubernatorial election.
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From 2000 to 2020, DuPage County, IL went from a 13 point margin for Gore to an 18 point margin for Biden, a swing to the left of over 31 points. Prior to flipping in 2008, the county last voted for a non-Republican presidential candidate in 1912. #ElectionTwitter
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From 2000 to 2020, Delaware County, OH went from voting for Bush by 35 points to voting for Trump by nearly 7 points, a swing towards Democrats of over 28 points. The county last voted less Republican (by margin) on the presidential level than 2020 in 1964. #ElectionTwitter
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From 2016 to 2020, Georgia's 6th congressional district, which is to the north of Atlanta, went from a lean Republican district to a likely Democratic one. This was due to increased growth in the Atlanta metro area. Lucy McBath currently represents the district. #ElectionTwitter
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I was looking at a practice AP gov test for my exam tomorrow and...
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From 2000 to 2020, Arapahoe County, CO went from a margin of nearly 8 points for Bush to over 24 points for Biden, a swing towards Democrats of over 32 points. Prior to flipping in 2008, the county last voted for a Democrat on the presidential level in 1964. #ElectionTwitter
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From 2000 to 2020, Henry County, GA went from a 35 point margin for Mush to 20 points for Biden, a swing towards Democrats of over 56 points. Prior to flipping in 2016, the county last voted for a Democrat on the presidential level in 1980. #ElectionTwitter
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From 1920 to 2020, New York's voter enrollment by party changed drastically. The state went from a 31 point majority for Republicans to a 39 point margin for Democrats, a swing of over 70 points. Back in 1920, only 3 counties had Democratic majorities. #ElectionTwitter
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In 2010, due to the death of Ted Kennedy, Massachusetts had a special election for its Class 1 United States Senate seat, in which Republican Scott Brown flipped the seat by a margin of over 4 points. Brown went on to lose reelection in 2012 by over 7 points. #ElectionTwitter
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Added precinct results to Wikipedia for 2008 Delaware president and senate.
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From 2000 to 2020, Henrico County, VA went from a 12 point margin for Bush to a 29 point margin for Biden, a swing towards Democrats of over 41 points. Prior to flipping in 2008, the county last voted for a Democrat on the presidential level in 1948. #ElectionTwitter
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After nearly a year, I have finally finished making 435 district maps for all states in the country plus DC and Puerto Rico! Attached below are all those maps put together (a little glitchy). Below this post will be a link to this map, the individual maps, and shapefiles of them.
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From 2008 to 2020, Iowa's 1st congressional district (new boundaries) went from a margin of nearly 16 points for Obama to over 3 points for Trump, a swing towards Republicans of nearly 19 points. The district's representative-elect is Mariannette Miller-Meeks. #ElectionTwitter
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Last year, Sarah Anthony won her election to the Michigan State Senate by over 21 points in the area that overlapped with Michigan's 7th congressional district, while Elissa Slotkin only won the area by 19. Anthony is the vice chair of the Michigan Progressive Women's Caucus.
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In 2020, Sara Innamorato, a DSA member, won reelection in Pennsylvania's 21st State House district. Despite Biden also winning the district, Innamorato managed to outperform him by almost 1 point. Innamorato also outperformed Lamb in PA-17 by 5 points. #ElectionTwitter
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Added precinct maps to Wikipedia for 2016 Connecticut president and senate.
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Added precinct results to Wikipedia for the 2011, 2015, 2019, and 2023 Indianapolis mayoral elections.
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@GOPJosh20 What I imagine your "insightful commentary" being like:
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Added precinct results to Wikipedia for all 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado.
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Iowa but every congressional district goes through every county. #ElectionTwitter
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Made another Wikipedia map.
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In 2006, Pennsylvania's governor Ed Rendell won reelection by a margin of nearly 21 points. His victory was the second largest Democratic governor victory in Pennsylvania history and he is one of three Democrats to win the governorship with over 60% of the vote. #ElectionTwitter
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I FORGOT KATIE HOBBS SORRY
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Added precinct maps to Wikipedia for all 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington.
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In 2008, despite McCain carrying Tennessee's 6th congressional district by over 25 points, incumbent Democratic representative Bart Gordon defeated his opponent in the district by nearly 49 points that same year. In 2010, Gordon retired and the district flipped. #ElectionTwitter
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In 2008, despite McCain winning Mississippi's 4th congressional district by over 36 points, Democrat Gene Taylor won the district in the same year by over 49 points. Gene Taylor went on to lose reelection in 2010 by 5 points and later became a Republican. #ElectionTwitter
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From 2008 to 2020, Iowa's 1st congressional district (based on current boundaries) went from solid Democrat to lean Republican, a swing to the right of over 21 points. The district is currently represented by Republican Ashley Hinson. #ElectionTwitter
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Last Tuesday, incumbent mayor of Springfield, IL Jim Langfelder lost reelection by nearly 3 points. This was one of the only bad results that Republicans saw last Tuesday. #ElectionTwitter
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In 2006, incumbent governor of Hawaii Linda Lingle won reelection in the state by 27 points, a margin of nearly 23 points larger than her previous victory. No Republican since has been elected to the governorship of Hawaii. #ElectionTwitter
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From 2004 to 2008, Dallas County, TX went from lean Republican on the presidential level to solid Democrat, a swing to the left of over 16 points. Prior to 2008, the county last voted for a Democrat on the presidential level in 1964. #ElectionTwitter
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In 2020, Brian Fitzpatrick won reelection to Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district by a margin of over 13 points despite the district voting for Biden by nearly 6 points. Fitzpatrick had the third best House performance of any Republican candidate in 2020. #ElectionTwitter
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In 2010, despite Obama winning the state by over 15 points two years earlier, Susana Martinez flipped the governorship in New Mexico by over 6 points. Four years later, she would go on to win reelection by over 14 points. #ElectionTwitter
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From 2000 to 2020, Newton County, TX went from a 1 point margin for Gore to a margin of nearly 61 points for Trump, a swing towards Republicans of over 62 points. Prior to flipping in 2004 the county last voted for a Republican on the presidential level in 1972. #ElectionTwitter
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From 2000 to 2020, Richmond, VA went from voting for Gore by 34 points to voting for Biden by nearly 68 points, a swing towards Democrats of nearly 34 points. Richmond last voted bluer than 2020 in 1916. #ElectionTwitter
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In the 2016 president Republican primary, Ohio voted to nominate John Kasich, the state's governor at the time, by a margin of 11 points. He managed to win by doing well around a lot of the cities/suburbs and in many rurals in the western part of the state. #ElectionTwitter
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Added precinct results to Wikipedia for 2020 Alaska president, senate, and house.
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In 2008, despite McCain winning Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district very solidly, Democrat Dan Boren won in the district by a solid margin too, overperforming Obama by more than 73 points. Boren would go on to seek one more term in the seat and win again. #ElectionTwitter
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From 2008 to 2020, Michigan's 1st congressional district went from lean Democrat on the presidential level to solid Republican, swinging to the right by over 19 points. The district is currently represented by Republican Jack Bergman. #ElectionTwitter
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In 2020, Tarrant County, TX, which contains Fort Worth, flipped on the presidential level from Republican to Democrat by under 1 point. Four years prior, the county voted for Donald Trump by over 8 points. Many surrounding counties also had big leftward shifts. #ElectionTwitter
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From 2016 to 2018, Oklahoma's 5th congressional district went from solid Republican to lean Democrat, a swing to the left of over 21 points. In 2020, the district flipped back to the Republicans, but only by a 4 point margin. #ElectionTwitter
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From 2004 to 2008, Bexar County, TX went from a 10 point margin for Bush to a 5 point margin for Obama, a swing to the left of over 16 points. The county has since continued to shift to the left and voted for Biden by over 18 points in 2020. #ElectionTwitter
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In the 2000 United States senate election in Vermont, incumbent Republican Jim Jeffords won reelection by over 40 points, winning every town in the state. Jeffords decided not to seek reelection in 2006, allowing the seat to flip to Bernie Sanders. #ElectionTwitter
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Four days ago, Josh Shapiro won Luzerne County, PA in his run for governor, despite the county often voting Republican in the modern day. While Shapiro lost the election day vote, he managed to win by doing well with mail-in and absentee voters. #ElectionTwitter
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From 2016 to 2020, Collin County TX went from solid Republican on the presidential level to lean Republican, a swing to the left of over 12 points. The county last voted for a Democrat on the presidential level in 1964. #ElectionTwitter
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From 2016 to 2020, Lynchburg, VA went from a 9 point margin for Trump to a 2 point margin for Biden, a swing to the left of over 11 points. Prior to 2020, Lynchburg last voted for a Democrat on the presidential level in 1948. #ElectionTwitter
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