Top 100 “McGovern dropoff” counties (1968 to 1972 by percent) (user search)
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« on: May 24, 2017, 09:52:16 AM »
Is Macomb, MI (no. 73 on the list) the largest of the 100? Its 1970 census population was 625k and it went, rather famously, from 55.2% Humphrey to 34.9% McGovern. In fact, no Democrat since has reached Humphrey's share of the vote (though Obama in 2008 came close).

Humphrey's performance in the county is especially remarkable given Wallace's appeal (Wallace won 14.1% in Macomb).
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« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2017, 08:27:51 AM »
Quote from: jimrtex on May 24, 2017, 10:33:37 PM
Quote from: Brittain33 on May 24, 2017, 06:11:18 PM
How many people did that drop in Loving County represent?
18 to 7.

Loving was Wallace's strongest Texas county in 1968:

1968: W40-N23-H18
1972: N55-M7

1972 was the worst Democratic performance in the county until 2016, when Trump won 58:4 (two for Stein and 1 for Johnson)
By comparison: Macomb County, MI
1968: H115k, N63k, W30k (52k margin for Humphrey)
1972: McGovern 82,346, Nixon 147,777 (64,431 margin for Nixon)
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