Friday, December 06, 2024

Trump Won Big in News Deserts

Donald Trump won the 2024 election with one of the smallest popular-vote margins in U.S. history, but in news deserts -- counties lacking a professional source of local news -- it was an avalanche.

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New: Trump won the popular vote narrowly. But in news deserts--counties where there are no local news sources or reporters --he won in a landslide. Latest by me and @volk_maps for Medill School's Local News Initiative. localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2024/1 ...

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-- Paul Farhi (@farhip.bsky.social) December 5, 2024 at 2:02 PM

Comments

I had heard that Pres-elect Trump overwhelmingly carried the low-information voters, those who went more on name recognition than policies.

But back then, it was just a talking head opining.

Good to see some more solid information behind it.

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-06 01:31 PM

Not news.

#2 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2024-12-06 04:12 PM

Lazy, uninformed voters make up the majority of Trumps support. Followed by genuine bigoted fascists.

#3 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2024-12-06 05:39 PM

Rightwing media IS a news desert

#4 | Posted by hamburglar at 2024-12-06 06:35 PM

Election confidence among Republicans surges after Trump's win, a new poll finds
www.npr.org

... New data shows that the vast majority of Americans felt this year's general election was administered well, a stark contrast to perceptions in 2020 and a reflection of how Republican voters specifically have come around on election security in a year when their preferred presidential candidate won.

Almost 9 in 10 U.S. voters felt the November election was run very well or somewhat well, according to data out Wednesday from the Pew Research Center, which surveyed people's opinions starting a week after voting ended.

That number is about 30 percentage points higher than it was at a similar point in 2020. The increase in voting confidence was driven exclusively by Republican voters. ...


#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-06 07:30 PM

"We won with poorly educated. I love the poorly educated."
- Trump, Nevada, Wednesday, February 24, 2016

#6 | Posted by kmtahir2023 at 2024-12-07 07:14 AM

#7 | POSTED BY OI_VEH

Daddysfist is on his 50th username. What a turd.

#8 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2024-12-07 01:02 PM

This is why Republicans don't want broadband reaching out to rural communities.

Keeping people uninformed is paying off in spades.

#9 | Posted by ClownShack at 2024-12-07 01:49 PM

He is still an old man and just as senile as he was before the election.

#10 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2024-12-08 02:16 AM

Probably moreso, which could be why he's turned a lot of the job over to Musk.

#11 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2024-12-08 05:25 AM

his is why Republicans don't want broadband reaching out to rural communities.

Keeping people uninformed is paying off in spades.

#9 | Posted by ClownShack

people in rural communities are begging for more "outreach"

you ignorant... worthless.. lying sack of S^^t

#12 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2024-12-08 11:41 AM

and everyone I know working to get that done...which is not a small number.... is a republican.

#13 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2024-12-08 11:42 AM

"and everyone I know working to get that done...which is not a small number.... is a republican."

#14 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-12-08 11:50 AM

Wow a place with no Fox or CNN?!
Or maybe noone owns a tv?
Can you just imagine the peace and quiet?

#15 | Posted by phesterOBoyle at 2024-12-08 12:00 PM

Can you just imagine the peace and quiet?

#15 | Posted by phesterOBoyle

You morons get most of your -------- from less reliable sources than fox now.

A meme from russia is all it takes to convince you of anything.

#16 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2024-12-08 05:02 PM

This is why Republicans don't want broadband reaching out to rural communities.

Keeping people uninformed is paying off in spades.

#9 | Posted by ClownShack

It wouldn't matter. The area where I live has some of the best internet service in the nation, yet these morons still vote 80 percent red. They use our great internet to stream every piece of misinformation they can find.

#17 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2024-12-09 01:52 PM

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