The Times has a nice interactive map where you can see what sort of people you live next to. It burrows down to the precinct level, so you can really see some interesting aspects of voter turnout. Every precinct should theoretically be the same size, yet certain precincts seemed to have fewer voters. Also, we were chagrined a bit to see that our precinct was more heavily Trump than the small Georgia town that my mom lives in. Four additional Clinton votes would have flipped Elberton, GA blue, whereas my town went to Trump by 1,000 votes.
Two things. First, the map certainly drives home the idea that we have a country polity and a city polity. The cities are these densely populated islands of dark blue surrounded by swaths of pinks and reds. Secondly, the one exception to this is the "Black Belt" of the South.
So, as a friend of mine says, "Vote like a Black Woman." Or a city slicker.
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