Red and Blue Economies Are Heading in Sharply Different Directions

Posted on AllSides November 13th, 2019
From The Left
economic inequality, economic polarization, economic policy

On the surface, there seems to be parity between Democratic-leaning and Republican-leaning metro areas, but take a closer look.

At a quick glance, red and blue metropolitan areas are performing equally well on average in the most watched indicators of labor market health.

Employment growth in the year ending in the first quarter of 2019 was 1.4 percent in both Democratic-leaning and Republican-leaning metro areas, and the unemployment rate in both types of places is roughly equivalent.

Silicon Valley (blue) is booming. So is Provo, Utah (red).

But below the...

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