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Originally Posted by Docere
The firewall is basically New England, the BosWash corridor, Illinois and the West Coast.
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don't forget about new mexico and colorado, they were somewhat safe for hillary (8.2% & 4.9% respectively). but perhaps single digit wins aren't enough to count as "firewall" territory.
i used to think that minnesota was solidly part of the blue fire wall as well, but hillary only
barely squeaked out a win there (1.5%). that was truly surprising to me.
illinois is now the only non-coastal state that's in super-safe landslide blue territory (hillary won IL by 16%). illinois is also the only non-coastal state where basically all of the people live in one big giant metro area. no other interior state has the urban/rural population size imbalance that illinois has.
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