Bellwether county notes

This is just a place holder to write some thoughts about bellwether counties and their significance.

Bellwether counties are important. Their significance can not be downplayed. They have a rare and unique property of having the perfect demographic mix that allows its constituents to vote for either party based on the merits of each election, and always get it right.

(Think about what it takes, and what is required for a county to always get the election right... It is too easy to simply gloss over this. Don't. Please take the time to ponder and realise, this is no mean feat! It requires a lot more than "pure luck".)

It far surpasses any "statistical" explanation, because at the end of the day we are dealing with real people, with real personalities, concerns and aspirations, which happen to align perfectly with the whole American population.

Their concerns are real. Their hopes are real. The matters that way on their minds are real. Their emotions and decision making process are real. They are not a "statistical" curiosity, but the perfect distillation or embodiment of the whole country's sentiment.

Again, this can not and should not be downplayed. Please keep this at the forefront of your mind as you continue to read through our bellwether analysis. (Needless to say that if the tables were reversed, we would hear no end of the significance of bellwether counties in the media.)

Wikipedia page listing all the bellwether counties: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_election_bellwether_counties_in_the_United_States

(A complete bellwether analysis is coming soon.)