Political Homogeneity

Counties with a larger two-party presidential margin score higher.

Scale0-100

Higher values rank better for this score.

How It's Calculated

The latest published score is normalized to a 0-100 scale. The method below explains what the score rewards, with technical source metadata available for audit.

1
100 * absolute two-party margin
2
The score is direct on a 0-100 scale from county two-party vote share or two-party margin.

Technical details

Score TypeMaster Score

Read from the current master score table for this criterion.

Ranking BasisSingle Score

The top 10 below ignore your blended relocation weights and sort only by Political Homogeneity.

No source details available for this score.

What This Score Means

Political Homogeneity is based on two-party presidential vote returns for the county matched to the place.

Statistics Feeding This Score

County match
County FIPS, county name, match method, and match confidence for the place representative point.
Source: County presidential election returns
Democratic and Republican votes
County presidential vote counts for the two major parties.
Source: County presidential election returns
Two-party margin
Derived from Democratic and Republican two-party vote share and margin.
Source: Derived from county vote returns

Source Data

Source: County presidential election returnsCounty-level presidential vote returns matched from each Census place representative point to a county polygon.

Known Limits

Politics scores describe the surrounding county, not necessarily the exact municipality or neighborhood.
Places spanning multiple counties are assigned by representative point.
Precinct-level returns could improve local precision later.

Top 10 Locations

Ranked by Political Homogeneity.

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