Metro and rural --- Votes

The FREQ Procedure

Frequency
Col Pct
Table of pmetro by year
pmetro(Metro size / rural) year
2008 2012 Total
Rural
8,589,798
6.55
8,212,807
6.65
16,802,605
 
Micropolitan
13,119,714
10.00
12,512,356
10.13
25,632,070
 
Small metro <500K
24,009,119
18.30
22,751,053
18.42
46,760,172
 
Medium metro <2M >500K
29,158,483
22.22
27,967,863
22.64
57,126,346
 
Large metro >2M
56,331,784
42.93
52,079,453
42.16
108,411,237
 
Total
131,208,898
123,523,532
254,732,430

Frequency
Row Pct
Col Pct
Table 1 of pmetro by party
Controlling for year=2008
pmetro(Metro size / rural) party
Dem Rep xOth Total
Rural
3,555,709
41.39
5.11
4,884,561
56.86
8.16
149,528
1.74
8.17
8,589,798
 
 
Micropolitan
5,698,193
43.43
8.19
7,212,417
54.97
12.05
209,104
1.59
11.42
13,119,714
 
 
Small metro <500K
11,681,956
48.66
16.80
11,971,941
49.86
20.01
355,222
1.48
19.40
24,009,119
 
 
Medium metro <2M >500K
15,173,161
52.04
21.82
13,596,553
46.63
22.72
388,769
1.33
21.23
29,158,483
 
 
Large metro >2M
33,430,232
59.35
48.07
22,173,322
39.36
37.06
728,230
1.29
39.78
56,331,784
 
 
Total
69,539,251
59,838,794
1,830,853
131,208,898

Frequency
Row Pct
Col Pct
Table 2 of pmetro by party
Controlling for year=2012
pmetro(Metro size / rural) party
Dem Rep xOth Total
Rural
3,109,381
37.86
4.97
4,964,621
60.45
8.41
138,805
1.69
7.08
8,212,807
 
 
Micropolitan
5,064,052
40.47
8.10
7,238,276
57.85
12.26
210,028
1.68
10.71
12,512,356
 
 
Small metro <500K
10,382,127
45.63
16.60
11,987,520
52.69
20.31
381,406
1.68
19.45
22,751,053
 
 
Medium metro <2M >500K
14,018,965
50.13
22.42
13,507,286
48.30
22.89
441,612
1.58
22.52
27,967,863
 
 
Large metro >2M
29,967,972
57.54
47.92
21,322,186
40.94
36.13
789,295
1.52
40.25
52,079,453
 
 
Total
62,542,497
59,019,889
1,961,146
123,523,532


 
 
Metro and rural --- Obama vote margin

The FREQ Procedure

Frequency
Table of pmetro by year
pmetro(Metro size / rural) year
2008 2012 Total
Rural
-1,328,882
-1,855,240
-3,184,122
Micropolitan
-1,514,232
-2,174,224
-3,688,456
Small metro <500K
-289,991
-1,591,247
-1,881,238
Medium metro <2M >500K
1,576,593
511,679
2,088,272
Large metro >2M
11,256,897
8,645,786
19,902,683
Total
9,700,385
3,536,754
13,237,139