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    "estimand": "fall in the share of votes cast in far counties, all counties",
    "note": "Difference of the two rounded shares.",
    "period": "2016 to 2024",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percentage points of the share of votes",
    "value": 2.3,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "all_rise_1976_2024": {
    "display": "31.0",
    "estimand": "rise in the share of votes cast in far counties, all counties",
    "note": "Difference of the two rounded shares.",
    "period": "2024 against 1976",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percentage points of the share of votes",
    "value": 31,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "band": {
    "display": "5",
    "estimand": "distance from the national margin that makes a county near",
    "note": "",
    "period": "1868-2024",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percentage points of two-party margin",
    "value": 5,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "big_step_cut": {
    "display": "7",
    "estimand": "size of a large step",
    "note": "",
    "period": "1980-2024",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percentage points of the share of votes",
    "value": 7,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "bin_alt": {
    "display": "10",
    "estimand": "a wider bin of the county margin relative to the national margin, used to test the height of the ridges",
    "note": "",
    "period": "1868-2024",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percentage points of two-party margin",
    "value": 10,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "bin_width": {
    "display": "5",
    "estimand": "width of a bin of the county margin relative to the national margin",
    "note": "",
    "period": "1868-2024",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percentage points of two-party margin",
    "value": 5,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
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    "display": "+8.3",
    "estimand": "change in the share of votes cast in far counties from the previous election",
    "note": "Difference of the two rounded shares.",
    "period": "1980 against 1976",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percentage points of the share of votes",
    "value": 8.3,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "chg_2000": {
    "display": "+7.4",
    "estimand": "change in the share of votes cast in far counties from the previous election",
    "note": "Difference of the two rounded shares.",
    "period": "2000 against 1996",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percentage points of the share of votes",
    "value": 7.4,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "chg_2016": {
    "display": "+8.3",
    "estimand": "change in the share of votes cast in far counties from the previous election",
    "note": "Difference of the two rounded shares.",
    "period": "2016 against 2012",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percentage points of the share of votes",
    "value": 8.3,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "chg_other_max": {
    "display": "3.2",
    "estimand": "largest absolute change in the share from the previous election among the other elections since 1976",
    "note": "Difference of the two rounded shares.",
    "period": "1984-2024",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percentage points of the share of votes",
    "value": 3.2,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "confed_c_1976": {
    "display": "50.7%",
    "estimand": "share of counties 20 or more points from the national margin",
    "note": "",
    "period": "1976",
    "population": "counties in the former Confederacy (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA), Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of counties",
    "value": 50.7424,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "confed_contrib_1904": {
    "display": "18.4%",
    "estimand": "share of the nation's votes in far counties that were cast in the former Confederacy",
    "note": "",
    "period": "1904",
    "population": "counties in the former Confederacy (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA), Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of votes cast in far counties",
    "value": 18.3658,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "confed_contrib_2024": {
    "display": "33.4%",
    "estimand": "share of the nation's votes in far counties that were cast in the former Confederacy",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "counties in the former Confederacy (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA), Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of votes cast in far counties",
    "value": 33.3525,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "confed_dem_far_1904": {
    "display": "83.5%",
    "estimand": "share of the region's two-party votes cast in counties 20 or more points more Democratic than the nation",
    "n": 1000,
    "note": "",
    "period": "1904",
    "population": "counties in the former Confederacy (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA), Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 83.4586,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "confed_dem_far_1940": {
    "display": "82.5%",
    "estimand": "share of the region's two-party votes cast in counties 20 or more points more Democratic than the nation",
    "n": 1132,
    "note": "",
    "period": "1940",
    "population": "counties in the former Confederacy (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA), Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 82.5068,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "confed_dem_far_2024": {
    "display": "16.8%",
    "estimand": "share of the region's two-party votes cast in counties 20 or more points more Democratic than the nation",
    "n": 1142,
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "counties in the former Confederacy (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA), Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 16.7862,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "confed_far_1904": {
    "display": "86.3%",
    "estimand": "share of the region's two-party votes cast in counties 20 or more points from the national margin",
    "n": 1000,
    "note": "",
    "period": "1904",
    "population": "counties in the former Confederacy (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA), Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 86.2696,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "confed_far_1924": {
    "display": "94.1%",
    "estimand": "share of the region's two-party votes cast in counties 20 or more points from the national margin",
    "n": 1126,
    "note": "",
    "period": "1924",
    "population": "counties in the former Confederacy (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA), Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 94.1009,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "confed_far_1928": {
    "display": "52.9%",
    "estimand": "share of the region's two-party votes cast in counties 20 or more points from the national margin",
    "n": 1134,
    "note": "",
    "period": "1928",
    "population": "counties in the former Confederacy (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA), Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 52.9243,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "confed_far_1976": {
    "display": "29.6%",
    "estimand": "share of the region's two-party votes cast in counties 20 or more points from the national margin",
    "n": 1145,
    "note": "",
    "period": "1976",
    "population": "counties in the former Confederacy (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA), Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 29.6445,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "confed_far_1980": {
    "display": "29.5%",
    "estimand": "share of the region's two-party votes cast in counties 20 or more points from the national margin",
    "n": 1145,
    "note": "",
    "period": "1980",
    "population": "counties in the former Confederacy (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA), Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 29.5287,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "confed_far_2016": {
    "display": "65.0%",
    "estimand": "share of the region's two-party votes cast in counties 20 or more points from the national margin",
    "n": 1142,
    "note": "",
    "period": "2016",
    "population": "counties in the former Confederacy (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA), Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 64.9955,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "confed_far_2024": {
    "display": "58.0%",
    "estimand": "share of the region's two-party votes cast in counties 20 or more points from the national margin",
    "n": 1142,
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "counties in the former Confederacy (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA), Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 57.97,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "confed_far_hi_1976_96": {
    "display": "35.2%",
    "estimand": "highest share of the region's votes cast in far counties over the six elections",
    "note": "",
    "period": "1976-1996",
    "population": "counties in the former Confederacy (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA), Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 35.2427,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "confed_far_lo_1976_96": {
    "display": "29.5%",
    "estimand": "lowest share of the region's votes cast in far counties over the six elections",
    "note": "",
    "period": "1976-1996",
    "population": "counties in the former Confederacy (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA), Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 29.5287,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "confed_far_min": {
    "display": "67.0%",
    "estimand": "lowest share of the region's votes cast in far counties",
    "note": "",
    "period": "1892-1944 except 1928",
    "population": "counties in the former Confederacy (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA), Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 67.0412,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "confed_rep_far_2024": {
    "display": "41.2%",
    "estimand": "share of the region's two-party votes cast in counties 20 or more points more Republican than the nation",
    "n": 1142,
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "counties in the former Confederacy (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA), Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 41.1839,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "confed_vote_1904": {
    "display": "10.2%",
    "estimand": "share of the nation's two-party votes cast in the former Confederacy",
    "note": "",
    "period": "1904",
    "population": "counties in the former Confederacy (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA), Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 10.2407,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "confed_vote_2024": {
    "display": "32.5%",
    "estimand": "share of the nation's two-party votes cast in the former Confederacy",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "counties in the former Confederacy (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA), Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 32.4847,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "corr_abs_margin": {
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      -0.4,
      0.28
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    "ciLevel": 0.95,
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    "estimand": "correlation across elections between the absolute national two-party margin and the share of votes cast in far counties",
    "n": 33,
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    "period": "1868-2024",
    "population": "the 33 elections that are not third-party years",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "correlation coefficient",
    "value": -0.0705722,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "corr_from2000": {
    "ci": [
      -0.8,
      0.7
    ],
    "ciLevel": 0.95,
    "display": "−0.12",
    "estimand": "correlation across elections between the absolute national two-party margin and the share of votes cast in far counties",
    "n": 7,
    "note": "Pearson correlation; the interval is a Fisher z interval that treats the elections as independent, and adjacent elections are not independent.",
    "period": "2000-2024",
    "population": "the 7 elections from 2000 to 2024 (none is a third-party year)",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "correlation coefficient",
    "value": -0.118249,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "corr_pre2000": {
    "ci": [
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      0.7
    ],
    "ciLevel": 0.95,
    "display": "+0.42",
    "estimand": "correlation across elections between the absolute national two-party margin and the share of votes cast in far counties",
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    "note": "Pearson correlation; the interval is a Fisher z interval that treats the elections as independent, and adjacent elections are not independent.",
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    "population": "the 26 elections from 1868 to 1996 that are not third-party years",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "correlation coefficient",
    "value": 0.42358,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "cov_panel72_2024": {
    "display": "74.7%",
    "estimand": "share of the election's two-party votes cast in the larger fixed panel",
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    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "the fixed panel of counties with a positive two-party vote in all 39 elections from 1872, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 74.6945,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "cov_panel_1868": {
    "display": "99.1%",
    "estimand": "share of the election's two-party votes cast in the fixed panel",
    "n": 1652,
    "note": "",
    "period": "1868",
    "population": "the fixed panel of counties with a positive two-party vote in all 40 elections, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 99.0871,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "cov_panel_2024": {
    "display": "63.5%",
    "estimand": "share of the election's two-party votes cast in the fixed panel",
    "n": 1652,
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "the fixed panel of counties with a positive two-party vote in all 40 elections, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 63.5451,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "cut": {
    "display": "20",
    "estimand": "distance from the national margin that makes a county far",
    "note": "",
    "period": "1868-2024",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percentage points of two-party margin",
    "value": 20,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "cut_15": {
    "display": "15",
    "estimand": "alternative distance from the national margin",
    "note": "",
    "period": "1868-2024",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percentage points of two-party margin",
    "value": 15,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "cut_25": {
    "display": "25",
    "estimand": "alternative distance from the national margin",
    "note": "",
    "period": "1868-2024",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percentage points of two-party margin",
    "value": 25,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "cut_30": {
    "display": "30",
    "estimand": "alternative distance from the national margin",
    "note": "",
    "period": "1868-2024",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percentage points of two-party margin",
    "value": 30,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "cut_very": {
    "display": "40",
    "estimand": "distance from the national margin that makes a county very far",
    "note": "",
    "period": "1868-2024",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percentage points of two-party margin",
    "value": 40,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "dist_lim": {
    "display": "100",
    "estimand": "distance from the national margin beyond which a county is not drawn",
    "note": "",
    "period": "1868-2024",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percentage points of two-party margin",
    "value": 100,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "fall_max": {
    "display": "0.7",
    "estimand": "largest fall in the share from the previous election between 1976 and 2016",
    "note": "Difference of the two rounded shares.",
    "period": "1980-2016",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percentage points of the share of votes",
    "value": 0.7,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "far15_v_1916": {
    "display": "37.8%",
    "estimand": "share of two-party votes cast in counties 15 or more points from the national margin",
    "note": "",
    "period": "1916",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 37.8237,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "far15_v_1976": {
    "display": "38.3%",
    "estimand": "share of two-party votes cast in counties 15 or more points from the national margin",
    "note": "",
    "period": "1976",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 38.3047,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "far_c_1976": {
    "display": "37.3%",
    "estimand": "share of counties 20 or more points from the national margin",
    "n": 3113,
    "note": "",
    "period": "1976",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of counties",
    "value": 37.2631,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "far_c_1988": {
    "display": "35.8%",
    "estimand": "share of counties 20 or more points from the national margin",
    "n": 3114,
    "note": "",
    "period": "1988",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of counties",
    "value": 35.8382,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "far_c_2024": {
    "display": "79.1%",
    "estimand": "share of counties 20 or more points from the national margin",
    "n": 3113,
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of counties",
    "value": 79.1198,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "far_dem_c_1976": {
    "display": "704",
    "estimand": "count of counties 20 or more points more Democratic than the nation",
    "n": 3113,
    "note": "",
    "period": "1976",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "counties",
    "value": 704,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "far_dem_c_2024": {
    "display": "229",
    "estimand": "count of counties 20 or more points more Democratic than the nation",
    "n": 3113,
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "counties",
    "value": 229,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "far_dem_v_1976": {
    "display": "13.2%",
    "estimand": "share of two-party votes cast in counties 20 or more points more Democratic than the nation",
    "n": 3113,
    "note": "",
    "period": "1976",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 13.2053,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "far_dem_v_2024": {
    "display": "28.2%",
    "estimand": "share of two-party votes cast in counties 20 or more points more Democratic than the nation",
    "n": 3113,
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 28.2381,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "far_rep_c_1976": {
    "display": "456",
    "estimand": "count of counties 20 or more points more Republican than the nation",
    "n": 3113,
    "note": "",
    "period": "1976",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "counties",
    "value": 456,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "far_rep_c_2024": {
    "display": "2,234",
    "estimand": "count of counties 20 or more points more Republican than the nation",
    "n": 3113,
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "counties",
    "value": 2234,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
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    "display": "12.3%",
    "estimand": "share of two-party votes cast in counties 20 or more points more Republican than the nation",
    "n": 3113,
    "note": "",
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    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
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    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "far_rep_v_2024": {
    "display": "28.2%",
    "estimand": "share of two-party votes cast in counties 20 or more points more Republican than the nation",
    "n": 3113,
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
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    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "far_size_ratio_2024": {
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    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "ratio of mean two-party votes per county",
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    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "far_v_1868": {
    "display": "42.3%",
    "estimand": "share of two-party votes cast in counties 20 or more points from the national margin",
    "n": 1696,
    "note": "",
    "period": "1868",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 42.3065,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "far_v_1872": {
    "display": "50.8%",
    "estimand": "share of two-party votes cast in counties 20 or more points from the national margin",
    "n": 2160,
    "note": "",
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    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 50.7807,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "far_v_1904": {
    "display": "48.1%",
    "estimand": "share of two-party votes cast in counties 20 or more points from the national margin",
    "n": 2723,
    "note": "",
    "period": "1904",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 48.1034,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "far_v_1924": {
    "display": "61.3%",
    "estimand": "share of two-party votes cast in counties 20 or more points from the national margin",
    "n": 3083,
    "note": "",
    "period": "1924",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 61.2767,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "far_v_1972": {
    "display": "31.6%",
    "estimand": "share of two-party votes cast in counties 20 or more points from the national margin",
    "n": 3110,
    "note": "",
    "period": "1972",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 31.5715,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "far_v_1976": {
    "display": "25.5%",
    "estimand": "share of two-party votes cast in counties 20 or more points from the national margin",
    "n": 3113,
    "note": "",
    "period": "1976",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 25.5284,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "far_v_1984": {
    "display": "35.9%",
    "estimand": "share of two-party votes cast in counties 20 or more points from the national margin",
    "n": 3114,
    "note": "",
    "period": "1984",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 35.9138,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "far_v_2016": {
    "display": "58.8%",
    "estimand": "share of two-party votes cast in counties 20 or more points from the national margin",
    "n": 3113,
    "note": "",
    "period": "2016",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 58.7743,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "far_v_2020": {
    "display": "56.6%",
    "estimand": "share of two-party votes cast in counties 20 or more points from the national margin",
    "n": 3113,
    "note": "",
    "period": "2020",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 56.5564,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "far_v_2024": {
    "display": "56.5%",
    "estimand": "share of two-party votes cast in counties 20 or more points from the national margin",
    "n": 3113,
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 56.4619,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "gap_2024_mid_hi": {
    "display": "15.6",
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    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percentage points of the share of votes",
    "value": 15.6,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "mark50": {
    "display": "50%",
    "estimand": "share of a region's votes that marks a majority",
    "note": "",
    "period": "1868-2024",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 50,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
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    "note": "Raw basis: the county's own margin, not its margin relative to the nation; each county counts once.",
    "period": "1976",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "points of two-party margin",
    "value": 14.3884,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "med_abs_2024": {
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    "note": "Raw basis: the county's own margin, not its margin relative to the nation; each county counts once.",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "points of two-party margin",
    "value": 43.9144,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "mid_hi": {
    "display": "40.9%",
    "estimand": "highest share of votes cast in far counties",
    "note": "",
    "period": "1928-1972 except third-party years",
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    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 40.937,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "mid_lo": {
    "display": "31.6%",
    "estimand": "lowest share of votes cast in far counties",
    "note": "",
    "period": "1928-1972 except third-party years",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 31.5715,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
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    "display": "3",
    "estimand": "count of elections that raised the share by more than 7 points",
    "note": "",
    "period": "1980-2024",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "presidential elections",
    "value": 3,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
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    "note": "Raw basis: the county's own margin, not its margin relative to the nation.",
    "period": "1976",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "counties",
    "value": 591,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "n_close_2024": {
    "display": "155",
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    "note": "Raw basis: the county's own margin, not its margin relative to the nation.",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "counties",
    "value": 155,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
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    "estimand": "count of counties with two-party returns",
    "note": "",
    "period": "1868",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "counties",
    "value": 1696,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
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    "display": "3,113",
    "estimand": "count of counties with two-party returns",
    "note": "",
    "period": "1976",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "counties",
    "value": 3113,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
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    "estimand": "count of counties with two-party returns",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "counties",
    "value": 3113,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
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    "period": "1868-2024",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "presidential elections",
    "value": 40,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
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    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "counties",
    "value": 2463,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
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    "display": "7",
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    "note": "",
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    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "presidential elections",
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    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
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    "note": "",
    "period": "2020 boundaries",
    "population": "counties on the 2020 map, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "counties",
    "value": 3113,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
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    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "counties",
    "value": 1652,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
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    "note": "",
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    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "counties",
    "value": 2068,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
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    "display": "26",
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    "note": "",
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    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "presidential elections",
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    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
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    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "presidential elections",
    "value": 10,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
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    "note": "",
    "period": "1868",
    "population": "states and DC with returns in the election, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
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    "value": 33,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
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    "value": 50,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
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    "display": "33",
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    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "presidential elections",
    "value": 33,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
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    "note": "",
    "period": "1904",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
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    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "nat_margin_1972": {
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    "note": "",
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    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
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    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
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    "note": "",
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    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
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    "n": 3113,
    "note": "",
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    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "near5_c_2016": {
    "display": "4.4%",
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    "n": 3113,
    "note": "",
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    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "near5_c_2024": {
    "display": "5.3%",
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    "n": 3113,
    "note": "",
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    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "near5_v_1904": {
    "display": "13.5%",
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    "n": 2723,
    "note": "",
    "period": "1904",
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    "source": "county-returns",
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    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "near5_v_1976": {
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    "n": 3113,
    "note": "",
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    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "near5_v_2016": {
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    "n": 3113,
    "note": "",
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    "source": "county-returns",
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    "value": 9.39442,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "near5_v_2024": {
    "display": "14.7%",
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    "n": 3113,
    "note": "",
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    "value": 14.7397,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
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    "note": "",
    "period": "1876",
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    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "counties",
    "value": 885,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "nodata_1904": {
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    "unit": "counties",
    "value": 393,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
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    "value": 26,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
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    "population": "counties in the Northeast, Midwest and West, Alaska excluded",
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    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
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    "display": "37.5%",
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    "note": "",
    "period": "1904",
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    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
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    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
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    "population": "counties in the four other regions, Alaska excluded",
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    "unit": "percent of counties",
    "value": 45.7143,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "pan72_far_1976": {
    "display": "22.5%",
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    "n": 2068,
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    "value": 22.5301,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "pan72_far_2024": {
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    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 61.0154,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
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    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percentage points of the share of votes",
    "value": 0.2,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "pan_far_1868": {
    "display": "42.0%",
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    "n": 1652,
    "note": "",
    "period": "1868",
    "population": "the fixed panel of counties with a positive two-party vote in all 40 elections, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 41.9828,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "pan_far_1904": {
    "display": "45.5%",
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    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 45.4566,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "pan_far_1916": {
    "display": "22.0%",
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    "note": "",
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    "population": "the fixed panel of counties with a positive two-party vote in all 40 elections, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 21.9518,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
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    "display": "22.0%",
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    "note": "",
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    "population": "the fixed panel of counties with a positive two-party vote in all 40 elections, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 21.9564,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "pan_far_2016": {
    "display": "60.3%",
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    "n": 1652,
    "note": "",
    "period": "2016",
    "population": "the fixed panel of counties with a positive two-party vote in all 40 elections, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 60.2728,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "pan_far_2020": {
    "display": "59.4%",
    "estimand": "share of the panel's two-party votes cast in counties 20 or more points from the panel's own margin",
    "n": 1652,
    "note": "",
    "period": "2020",
    "population": "the fixed panel of counties with a positive two-party vote in all 40 elections, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 59.3955,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "pan_far_2024": {
    "display": "60.5%",
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    "n": 1652,
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "the fixed panel of counties with a positive two-party vote in all 40 elections, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 60.4611,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "pan_far_max_before_2016": {
    "display": "52.2%",
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    "note": "",
    "period": "1868-2012",
    "population": "the fixed panel of counties with a positive two-party vote in all 40 elections, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 52.238,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
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    "population": "the fixed panel of counties with a positive two-party vote in all 40 elections, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percentage points of the share of votes",
    "value": 38.5,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "raw20_v_1972": {
    "display": "59.0%",
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    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 58.9547,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "raw20_v_1976": {
    "display": "26.7%",
    "estimand": "share of two-party votes cast in counties whose own margin is 20 or more points from an even split",
    "n": 3113,
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    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 26.7353,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "raw20_v_2004": {
    "display": "48.2%",
    "estimand": "share of two-party votes cast in counties whose own margin is 20 or more points from an even split",
    "n": 3114,
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    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 48.1628,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "raw5_v_1976": {
    "display": "23.4%",
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    "n": 3113,
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    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 23.3935,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "raw5_v_2024": {
    "display": "13.2%",
    "estimand": "share of two-party votes cast in counties whose own margin is within 5 points of an even split",
    "n": 3113,
    "note": "Raw basis: the county's own margin, not its margin relative to the nation.",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 13.2351,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "reg_c_max_2024": {
    "display": "91.8%",
    "estimand": "highest regional share of counties 20 or more points from the national margin",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "counties in the region, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of counties",
    "value": 91.7857,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "reg_c_min_2024": {
    "display": "53.9%",
    "estimand": "lowest regional share of counties 20 or more points from the national margin",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "counties in the region, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of counties",
    "value": 53.9171,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "reg_max_1976": {
    "display": "31.2%",
    "estimand": "highest regional share of votes cast in far counties",
    "note": "",
    "period": "1976",
    "population": "counties in the region, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 31.1817,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "reg_max_2024": {
    "display": "70.1%",
    "estimand": "highest regional share of votes cast in far counties",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "counties in the region, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 70.1418,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "reg_min_1976": {
    "display": "18.8%",
    "estimand": "lowest regional share of votes cast in far counties",
    "note": "",
    "period": "1976",
    "population": "counties in the region, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 18.8343,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "reg_min_2024": {
    "display": "52.5%",
    "estimand": "lowest regional share of votes cast in far counties",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "counties in the region, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 52.4648,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "rest_far_1904": {
    "display": "43.7%",
    "estimand": "share of the region's two-party votes cast in counties 20 or more points from the national margin",
    "n": 1723,
    "note": "",
    "period": "1904",
    "population": "counties outside the former Confederacy, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 43.7491,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "rest_far_1976": {
    "display": "24.3%",
    "estimand": "share of the region's two-party votes cast in counties 20 or more points from the national margin",
    "n": 1968,
    "note": "",
    "period": "1976",
    "population": "counties outside the former Confederacy, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 24.3214,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "rest_far_1980": {
    "display": "35.2%",
    "estimand": "share of the region's two-party votes cast in counties 20 or more points from the national margin",
    "n": 1967,
    "note": "",
    "period": "1980",
    "population": "counties outside the former Confederacy, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 35.1632,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "rest_far_2024": {
    "display": "55.7%",
    "estimand": "share of the region's two-party votes cast in counties 20 or more points from the national margin",
    "n": 1971,
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "counties outside the former Confederacy, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 55.7362,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "rest_far_max": {
    "display": "49.0%",
    "estimand": "highest share of the region's votes cast in far counties",
    "note": "",
    "period": "1868-2012 except third-party years",
    "population": "counties outside the former Confederacy, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 48.9828,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "rise_1976_2016": {
    "display": "33.3",
    "estimand": "rise in the share of votes cast in far counties",
    "note": "Difference of the two rounded shares.",
    "period": "2016 against 1976",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percentage points of the share of votes",
    "value": 33.3,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "sd_all_1976": {
    "display": "18.4",
    "estimand": "vote-weighted standard deviation of county margins around the national margin",
    "n": 3113,
    "note": "",
    "period": "1976",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percentage points of two-party margin (standard deviation)",
    "value": 18.3622,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "sd_all_2024": {
    "display": "32.7",
    "estimand": "vote-weighted standard deviation of county margins around the national margin",
    "n": 3113,
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percentage points of two-party margin (standard deviation)",
    "value": 32.7457,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "sd_between_1904": {
    "display": "26.4",
    "estimand": "vote-weighted standard deviation of state margins around the national margin",
    "n": 45,
    "note": "",
    "period": "1904",
    "population": "states and DC, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percentage points of two-party margin (standard deviation)",
    "value": 26.3515,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "sd_between_1924": {
    "display": "31.8",
    "estimand": "vote-weighted standard deviation of state margins around the national margin",
    "n": 48,
    "note": "",
    "period": "1924",
    "population": "states and DC, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percentage points of two-party margin (standard deviation)",
    "value": 31.8246,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
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    "display": "9.4",
    "estimand": "vote-weighted standard deviation of state margins around the national margin",
    "n": 50,
    "note": "",
    "period": "1976",
    "population": "states and DC, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percentage points of two-party margin (standard deviation)",
    "value": 9.44424,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "sd_between_2024": {
    "display": "17.2",
    "estimand": "vote-weighted standard deviation of state margins around the national margin",
    "n": 50,
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "states and DC, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percentage points of two-party margin (standard deviation)",
    "value": 17.194,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "sd_between_gap": {
    "display": "0.7",
    "estimand": "lowest spread of state margins from 1892 to 1924 minus the spread in 2024",
    "note": "Difference of the two rounded values.",
    "period": "2024 against 1892-1924",
    "population": "states and DC, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percentage points of two-party margin (standard deviation)",
    "value": 0.7,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "sd_between_min": {
    "display": "17.9",
    "estimand": "lowest vote-weighted standard deviation of state margins around the national margin",
    "note": "",
    "period": "1892-1924",
    "population": "states and DC, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percentage points of two-party margin (standard deviation)",
    "value": 17.922,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "sd_within_1904": {
    "display": "18.9",
    "estimand": "vote-weighted standard deviation of county margins around their own state's margin",
    "n": 2723,
    "note": "",
    "period": "1904",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percentage points of two-party margin (standard deviation)",
    "value": 18.8555,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "sd_within_1924": {
    "display": "18.8",
    "estimand": "vote-weighted standard deviation of county margins around their own state's margin",
    "n": 3083,
    "note": "",
    "period": "1924",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percentage points of two-party margin (standard deviation)",
    "value": 18.7757,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "sd_within_1976": {
    "display": "15.7",
    "estimand": "vote-weighted standard deviation of county margins around their own state's margin",
    "n": 3113,
    "note": "",
    "period": "1976",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percentage points of two-party margin (standard deviation)",
    "value": 15.7472,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "sd_within_2016": {
    "display": "30.3",
    "estimand": "vote-weighted standard deviation of county margins around their own state's margin",
    "n": 3113,
    "note": "",
    "period": "2016",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percentage points of two-party margin (standard deviation)",
    "value": 30.2765,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "sd_within_2024": {
    "display": "27.9",
    "estimand": "vote-weighted standard deviation of county margins around their own state's margin",
    "n": 3113,
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percentage points of two-party margin (standard deviation)",
    "value": 27.8684,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "sd_within_gap": {
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    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percentage points of two-party margin (standard deviation)",
    "value": 0.7,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
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    "display": "27.2",
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    "note": "",
    "period": "1868-1996",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percentage points of two-party margin (standard deviation)",
    "value": 27.2102,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "tail_counties_1904": {
    "display": "8.8%",
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    "note": "",
    "period": "1904",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of counties",
    "value": 8.77708,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
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    "display": "1.7%",
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    "note": "",
    "period": "1904",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 1.68219,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
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    "note": "",
    "period": "1868-2024",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of all votes cast",
    "value": 10,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "very_v_1924": {
    "display": "24.1%",
    "estimand": "share of two-party votes cast in counties 40 or more points from the national margin",
    "n": 3083,
    "note": "",
    "period": "1924",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 24.0552,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "very_v_1976": {
    "display": "3.7%",
    "estimand": "share of two-party votes cast in counties 40 or more points from the national margin",
    "n": 3113,
    "note": "",
    "period": "1976",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 3.71344,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "very_v_2016": {
    "display": "30.2%",
    "estimand": "share of two-party votes cast in counties 40 or more points from the national margin",
    "n": 3113,
    "note": "",
    "period": "2016",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 30.1637,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "very_v_2024": {
    "display": "25.2%",
    "estimand": "share of two-party votes cast in counties 40 or more points from the national margin",
    "n": 3113,
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the election's two-party votes",
    "value": 25.246,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "within_share_1904": {
    "display": "33.9%",
    "estimand": "share of the vote-weighted variance of county margins that lies within states",
    "n": 2723,
    "note": "",
    "period": "1904",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the variance of county margins around the nation",
    "value": 33.8622,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "within_share_1924": {
    "display": "25.8%",
    "estimand": "share of the vote-weighted variance of county margins that lies within states",
    "n": 3083,
    "note": "",
    "period": "1924",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the variance of county margins around the nation",
    "value": 25.8198,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  },
  "within_share_2024": {
    "display": "72.4%",
    "estimand": "share of the vote-weighted variance of county margins that lies within states",
    "n": 3113,
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "counties with two-party returns, Alaska excluded",
    "source": "county-returns",
    "unit": "percent of the variance of county margins around the nation",
    "value": 72.4295,
    "weights": "none (full counts)"
  }
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