Steven Herron
Aug 8, 2017 · 2 min read

I have a fun suggestion. If you really want to understand yourself, you need to see how others see you (or your cause). Visiting 14 cities is a start, but I suspect that most of your interactions reinforced what you already believed (or suspected). If you want to make a paradigm shift, you need to do the counter experiments.

Visit the 14 strongest Trump supporting counties (or congressional districts) and go to some political rallies for the local congressional candidates. With the 2018 mid-term elections coming up, I suspect next summer would be an ideal time.

Then to finish off the experiment, go visit the 14 most balanced (50% Democratic voters and 50% republican voters) congressional districts and listen to both sides. The balanced locations, should be a real eye opener. How do political individuals coexist in a location where neither side has the majority.

That would be an interesting article, that I would enjoy reading. Thus, I highly encourage you to make the trips.

I found a news article with the Presidential Election results by congressional district. [see: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2012/11/19/1163009/-Daily-Kos-Elections-presidential-results-by-congressional-district-for-the-2012-2008-elections]

From this article, it appears that congressional districts: AL-04, TX-13, KY-05, TX-11, GA-09, TN-01, MO-08, TX-04, GA-14, NE-03, OK-03, OK-02, TX-08 had the strongest Trump supporters (by percentage of the vote for Trump).

Congressional districts: TX-32, CA-48, TX-07, KS-03, NJ-07, PA-06, OR-04, PA-08, IL-17, NJ-11, NV-03, NJ-05, AZ-01, MN-02 were the closest. All of these district had a margin of victory of less than 2 percent. I picked 7 that voted for Hillary Clinton and 7 that voted for Trump. If you looked at the absolute value of the different between Clinton and Trump you would end up with (TX-07, KS-03, NJ-07, PA-06, OR-04, PA-08, IL-17, NJ-11, NV-03, NJ-05, AZ-01, MN-02, GA-06, NH-01).

Again, have fun. I am looking forward to your next report.

    Steven Herron

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