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'Trump says 'big bill' should only help GOP states: 'Don't want to benefit Dem governors'
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States by GDP:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_GDP
In 2024, states that voted for Harris generated 48% of the GDP, Trump states 52%.
Let's look at Texas voting by county
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas
Now let's look at the proportion of gdp by county
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Texas_counties_by_GDP_2021.png
Hmm I wonder where most of the money in red states comes from...
Those are very "people live in cities" map.
Yup, my point is that red states gdp is being propped up by blue cities. The argument that red states generate equivalent gdp conveniently ignores that the counties in the state that do vote red don't actually generate that much gdp. Cities are generally blue because the very nature of city life leans blue, and if you take these blue cities out of the equation you'd end up with a fraction of the supposed gdp of a red state.
And honestly a lot of these supposedly red states would crumble if gerrymandering didn't exist, but that's a separate point.
https://xkcd.com/1138/
Xkcd strikes again
This seems to be a strategic engagement inducing comment but I'll bite.
One additional piece of obvious information will probably adjust initial impressions of the above comment. So Harris "won" 20 states and Trump 30... so using some napkin math and by looking at that statement on it's surface (I noticed you didn't actually make a claim one way or the other) that means.... Harris states, on average, generate roughly 30% more GDP than Trump states.
Edit: Punctuation
Edit Edit: Harris is 19 + DC and Trump 31 so it's actually closer to 32-34% (If you count DC or not).