ok this is fascinating - if I'm reading it right it looks like competitive districts have less poverty (and strong R areas are more poor in the aggregate than strong D areas.
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Yes: Poverty rates are lower in more competitive districts (correlation, not causation!). But once you dig into the data, the two parties' average poverty rates are essentially the same-- though there's more variation across Dem-held districts than across GOP-held districts. Hope that clarifies!
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