P. A. Lyon

History Teacher. Like making maps

[P. A. Lyon @lyonpaa]

#ElectionTwitter the last time a statewide or federal Dem won each county

Yellow - 2018 (32)
Orange - 2014 (27)
Green - 2008 (22)
Blue - 2020 (10)
Bronze - 2010 (2)
Gold - 2012 (1)
Purple - 1974 (1)
Red - 1964 (1)
Black - 1948 (1)
Magenta - 1936 (1)

Only 2012 is a president

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@UrbyJT Caitlyn Clark.

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@zmeunier @iowademocrats @IowaSOS It does go back futher, but archived reports are often just scanned in sheets or PDFs
https://t.co/iI19Ks9kuE

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Iowa House Vote Last Night:
IA-1: D+3.4
IA-2: D+9.6
IA-3: D+5.8
IA-4: R+31.4
Statewide: R+2.2

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@mac_unmapped Definitely impressive given Sand didn't even win any of those counties in 2022.

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@lxeagle17 The maps they return to voted 8D/3R for governor.

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@DJBranham Would definitely make Al Smith more competitive in 1928.

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@DrewSav If I'm a Dem president taking office in January 2029 with a trifecta, my #1 goal is DC Statehood.

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@DrewSav I think it is interesting it flipped in 1948 and 1952 and then never since.

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@DrewSav Note that Kimmel hasn't aired an episode today. He's a late night host. She is taking a benign comment from last week and pretending he was talking about an event that happened days later.

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@DrewSav I don't have any data to back this up, but I think districts being numbered instead of having specific riding names makes gerrymandering a lot easier.

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Sacrilegious. Trump is a disgrace.

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@_sn_n Hungary falling to the magyars, too. History repeats

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@PviGuy2 Where is this Stevenson/GOP district? Missouri?

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@DrewSav There is something funny that every special election in Iowa in 2025 ended up existing in basically the enivornment Selzer predicted.

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@DrewSav At the very least, it would be interesting to see someone go straight from House to President. Have not had that since Garfield.

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@DrewSav Democrats have won the electoral college 100% of the time in the 21st century when their nominees were some combination of Joe Biden + mixed race freshman senator.

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@ECaliberSeven This is especially true for primaries.

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@DrewSav When she flipped that seat a total of 29k people voted in the whole special election. That was pathetically low. She won one very weird fluke race.

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@DrewSav But it is a little like the "expanded background checks" for gun purchases. Voter support 'common sense' safety things, but broadly hate the government adding more red tape to any process.

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@MassJumbo Tammy Baldwin won reelection in 2000 by 2 points while Gore won her district by 22.