Report: Clinton Won Richest Counties – 64 Percent of US GDP Hillary Clinton lost the presidential election, but won the balloting in regions that generate nearly two-thirds of the American economy, a new analysis shows. According to the Brookings Institution analysis, the less-than-500 counties Clinton won nationwide combined to generate 64percent of America's economic activity in 2015, the Washington Post reported. The more-than-2,600 counties President-elect Donald Trump won combined to generate 36 percent of the country'seconomic activity last year. With the exceptions of the Phoenix, Ariz., and Fort Worth, Texas, areas, and a large part of Long Island, N.Y., Clinton won every large-sized economic county in the country, the researchers found. "This appears to be unprecedented, in the era of modern economic statistics, for a losingpresidential candidate," the Post reported. The last candidate to win the popular vote but lose the electoral college, Democrat Al Gore in 2000, won counties that generated about 54 percent of the country's gross domestic product, the Brookingsresearcherscalculated. The Brookings analysis found counties with higher GDP per capita were more likely to vote for Clinton over Trump, as were counties with higher population density
If you understand how GDP is frequently calculated you learn you are being foolish if you don't provide us with more info. You may simply be telling us that you are picking out democrat districts with the most govt spending. I have highlighted the part of the calculation that applies... Comparing Real and Nominal GDP | Boundless Economics https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless.../comparing-real-and-nominal-gdp/ The following equation is used to calculate the GDP: GDP = C + I + G + (X – M) orGDP = private consumption + gross investment + government investment + government spending + (exports – imports). ... It transforms the money-value measure, nominal GDP, into an index for quantity of total output.
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/richest-counties-in-the-united-states.html So I just did a quick search on richest counties. 4 of the top 5 surround D.C. Guess why they have such high incomes...
Its govt spending. From the CIA and other government agencies to large govt contractors, the D.C. metro area (large parts of Maryland and Virginia) are a Federal govt money gusher.
So you’re telling me if I move to one of those counties the government will just give me money? Hmm... I bet the education level of the residents in those countries is well above national average.
It's about personality types... introverts are the major constituents of the professions. Doctors, lawyers, politicians, etc, they ride us like rented mules. Their thinking is about being part of the elite club, not about anything else at all. The medical community kills more people than the mob then goes to the country club and celebrates their superior position... The Democrats are seen as the elite club far moreso than the republicans so yeah, the wealthy are Democrats and their policies lead to the eventual meltdown of the culture. Fat chance they would give a ratsazz even if they understood all that...