https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2020/11/09/biden-voting-counties-equal-70-of-americas-economy-what-does-this-mean-for-the-nations-political-economic-divide/?preview_id=1184057
Biden-voting counties equal 70% of America’s economy. What does this mean for
the nation’s political-economic divide?
Mark Muro, Eli Byerly Duke, Yang You, and Robert MaximNovember 10, 2020
ブルッキングス研究所：バイデンを支持した郡・市を集めると、米国のGDPの70％になる。
この政治的・経済的分断は何を意味するか？

図解
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・・・By contrast, Republicans represent an economic base situated in the nation’s
struggling small towns and rural areas. Prosperity there remains out of reach for many,
and the party sees no reason to consider the priorities and needs of the nation’s
metropolitan centers. That is not a scenario for economic consensus or achievement.

At the same time, the results from last week’s election likely underscore fundamental
problems of economic alienation and estrangement. Specifically, Trump’s
anti-establishment appeal suggests that a sizable portion of the country continues to
feel little connection to the nation’s core economic enterprises, and chose to channel
that animosity into a candidate who promised not to build up all parts of the country,
but rather to vilify groups who didn’t resemble his base.

If this pattern continues?with one party aiming to confront the challenges at top of
mind for a majority of Americans, and the other continuing to stoke the hostility and
indignation held by a significant minority?it will be a recipe not only for more gridlock
and ineffective governance, but also for economic harm to nearly all people and places.
In light of the desperate need for a broad, historic recovery from the economic damage of
the COVID-19 pandemic, a continuation of the patterns we’ve seen play out over the past
decade would be a particularly unsustainable situation for Americans in communities of
all sizes.