# Split the US into 3

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/split-the-us-into-3/924652>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [November 3, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/split-the-us-into-3/924652 "2020-11-03T15:40:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/split-the-us-into-3/924652/63 "2022-02-02T19:27:24Z")

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> [@peccavi](#):
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> I would like to point out that the state with the largest agricultural economy in the United States (by a wide margin) is blue, blue, blue.

Hmmm…yes. But those agricultural areas of the state are red, red, red 😃. As Randall Munroe cogently pointed out there were more Trump voters in California than in Texas.

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**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/split-the-us-into-3/924652/64 "2022-02-03T04:30:42Z")

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> [@Tamerlane](#):
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> But those agricultural areas of the state are red, red, red

Not really. There are a some districts in the Central/San Joaquin valley region that are red, but more of them are blue. The reddest districts are more in the non-arable rural parts of the state (mostly desert).

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**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/split-the-us-into-3/924652/65 "2022-02-03T05:24:06Z")

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> [@eschereal](#):
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> There are a some districts in the Central/San Joaquin valley region that are red, but more of them are blue.

I guess when I think agriculture I always think Central Valley, which other than around [Fresno is pretty red](https://www.politico.com/2020-election/results/california/). But you’ve got a good point - I was ignoring wine country and the coastal fields. Though in 2020 it looks like the geographic bastion was the rural north/northeast (though Inyo county with its massive 9,000+ votes was pretty damn close).

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