Political Oddities

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For a wealthy and educated suburban county in the Northeast, Morris County, NJ is far more Republican than you’d expect it to be.

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In terms of Miami-Dade, it's not just Cubans who are right-leaning, but also Chileans, Colombians, and Venezuelans (the left-leaning Hispanic groups are mostly Mexicans and Puerto Ricans). Additionally, in Hialeah (a city with a high concentration of Cubans), the share of people with higher education is also relatively low (about 20%), which is another factor contributing to its rightward lean.

Hialeah specifically may have low college attainment, but the county as a whole is 32.5%, which is not that far below the national average.

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Maybe someone has already done this, but I think an interesting project would be an analysis of how counties would be expected to vote based on their demographics (education, race, density, religiosity) versus how they actually vote.