New York Times Interactive Map: Duck Dynasty Vs Modern Family & More

[Initech]

If you had to guess how strongly a place supported Donald J. Trump in the election, would you rather know how popular 'Duck Dynasty' is there, or how George W. Bush did there in 2000? It turns out the relationship with the TV show is stronger.

That’s how closely connected politics and culture can be.

The cultural divide largely falls along urban/rural lines. We saw a similar divide in November, with Hillary Clinton winning in cities, college towns, Native American reservations and areas with black and Hispanic majorities. Mr. Trump earned more votes in rural areas.

When we looked at how many active Facebook users in a given ZIP code “liked” certain TV shows, we found that the 50 most-liked shows clustered into three groups with distinct geographic distributions. Together they reveal a national culture split among three regions: cities and their suburbs; rural areas; and what we’re calling the extended Black Belt — a swath that extends from the Mississippi River along the Eastern Seaboard up to Washington, but also including city centers and other places with large nonwhite populations.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/26/upshot/duck-dynasty-vs-modern-family-television-maps.html?_r=0

Pretty easy to identify the Trump loving states!

[underpants]

1. This is simply amazing. Tosh.0 and Gray's Anatomy are still on the air?

[Docreed2003]

2. Proud to live in that dark blob in the middle of TN for Modern faimly

That fades to white for Duck dynasty...unlike the rest of the state!

[Afromania]

3. thanks

That was interesting.