Hamilton County, Ohio

[ElectionsGuy]

I thought Hamilton, OH would be an interesting county to see broken down. Its an interesting county because it anchors a big city, yet was once solidly Republican. As the urban rural divide came more and more into effect, the margins become smaller and smaller and eventually turned blue during the Obama elections. Yet this county still has a lot of VERY conservative areas within it.



Green (city of Cincinnati, 297K): 75-24 Obama
Purple (northern suburbs, 163K): 59-40 Obama
Red (eastern suburbs, 151K): 61-38 McCain
Blue (western subrubs, 191K): 69-30 McCain

Usually the suburbs within the county of a big city are less conservative than the ones around it, but Hamilton is an exception. Especially the blue area, the northeastern part of the blue section has some Obama precincts, so most of that is >70% McCain! I even saw some >80% McCain precincts, as if this is Birmingham or Atlanta. So my question would be, what makes these suburbs directly to the west of the city so Republican? Is it wealth, religion, or any other factor? The eastern suburbs vote like the counties around it, and the purple vote like typical inner suburbs.