Top Dem and Rep results, by state

[minionofmidas]

From 1960 (or possibly before) to 1980, at every single presidential election, Androscoggin was the most Democratic county in Maine and Hancock was the most Republican one.
Since then, these ranks have changed hands at almost every single election (Rep) / have changed hands at every single election (Dem)
1984 Cumberland / Lincoln
1988 Androscoggin / Lincoln
1992 Cumberland / York
1996 Androscoggin / Lincoln
2000 Kennebec / Piscataquis
2004 Cumberland / Piscataquis...which are, respectively, the largest and the smallest county in the state, population wise. (and have been at every election since 1960)

2008 Cumberland / Piscataquis

[minionofmidas]

As you may have noticed, I just renamed the thread...
New Hampshire
Hillsborough has been the largest county (by votes cast) through 60-04
smallest county was Carroll until 76, Sullivan in 80, Coos since 84
most Republican county was Carroll til 88, Belknap since 92
most Democratic county has a lot of changes though - no less than 5 of the state's 10 counties have been the most Democratic in the state at one point or another:
1960 - Hillsborough
1964 - Coos
1968 - Coos
1972 - Strafford
1976 - Coos
1980 - Sullivan
1984 - Strafford
1988 - Cheshire
1992 - Cheshire
1996 - Strafford
2000 - Cheshire
2004 - Cheshire

2008 - Grafton. Yeah, got a new favorite. And a new best Republican too, Rockingham.

[minionofmidas]

Vermont
Largest county - always Chittenden
Smallest county - Grand Isle to 80, Essex since 84
Most Democratic
1960 Chittenden
64, 68 Franklin
1972 Chittenden
1976 Franklin
1980 Grand Isle
84-92 Windham
96, 00 Chittenden
2004 Windham

2008 Windham

Most Republican
1960 Orange
64-76 Lamoille
1980 Caledonia
84-92 Essex
1996 Rutland
00, 04 Essex

08 Essex.

[minionofmidas]

Prediction:

For KY top GOP is almost always Jackson, top Dem is almost always Elliot

Have patience.
Kentucky isn't due till early next year or so.
You should now place your predictions on Southern New England.

[minionofmidas]

Massachusetts
Largest: Always Middlesex
Smallest: always Nantucket
Most Dem: always Suffolk
Most Rep:
1960 Nantucket
64-80 Barnstable
84, 88 Plymouth
1992 Worcester (!!!)
96, 00 Barnstable
2004 Plymouth

2008 Plymouth. And still Suffolk.

[minionofmidas]

Speaking of odd...
Most Republican county, Rhode Island
1960-68 Washington (this much is fine)
1972 Newport
1976 Washington
1980 Newport
1984 Washington
1988 Newport (you think this is odd? Read on)
1992 Bristol
1996 Newport
2000 Washington
2004 Kent

2008 Kent

That's all the counties in RI except for Providence, consistently largest, consistently most Democratic (still so).
Bristol is consistently smallest.

[minionofmidas]

Connecticut
Largest
1960-1980 Hartford
1984 Fairfield
1988, 1992 Hartford
1996-2004 Fairfield

Smallest
1960, 1964 Tolland
1968-2004 Windham

Most Democratic
Hartford except 1964, 1976 Windham (still)

Most Republican
Fairfield except 1960, 1984, 2000, 2004 Litchfield. 2008 still Litchfield.

[minionofmidas]

Lewis,

Are you using margin of victory or party percentage?

I was using party percentage.
The 92 results are bound to behave oddly since that was a real 3-way election. But going with margin of victory would, at least in Northern New England, have been even stranger, since Perot came second and even first in a number of counties there.

[minionofmidas]

New York
Largest county -
1960 to 1972 Kings
1976 to 1996 Nassau
since 2000 Kings

Smallest county - Hamilton

Most Democratic county -
1960, 1980, since 1996 - Bronx
1964-1992 except 1980 - New York

2008 Bronx

Most Republican county -
Hamilton except 1960 Delaware, 1964 Richmond (!!!), 1980 Putnam

2008 Hamilton

[minionofmidas]

New Jersey
largest - 60 and 64 Essex, Bergen ever since
smallest - 60 Suusex, 64 Hunterdon, Salem ever since
most dem - Essex except 60 Mercer, 64 and 96 Hudson, 76 Cumberland
most rep - Sussex except 76 and 92 Morris, 96 Hunterdon

Still Essex and Sussex.

[minionofmidas]

Pennsylvania
Largest county - Philadelphia to 92, Allegheny in 96 and 00, Philadelphia in 04
Smallest county - searching for the smallest county at every election is pretty timeconsuming. I've decided to drop that except in states with very few counties. Smallest county in PA in 1960 was Forest, in 2004 it was Sullivan.
Most Dem - Philadelphia except 1964 Greene

Still Philly

Most Rep - Snyder to 1988, Lancaster in 92 and 96, Fulton in 2000 and 04.

2008 Fulton

[minionofmidas]

Delaware
Largest - New Castle
Smallest - Kent
Most Dem - New Castle except 1976, Kent
Most Rep - Sussex
Error in the data for 1968, btw.

Still New Castle and Sussex.

[minionofmidas]

Delaware
Largest - New Castle
Smallest - Kent
Most Dem - New Castle except 1976, Kent
Most Rep - Sussex
Error in the data for 1968, btw.

What is the error?

I sent Dave a bug report, so maybe he's corrected it. Totals for New Castle and one of the other two counties were reversed.

[minionofmidas]

Jumped the gun, done California:
Largest - Los Angeles o/c.
Most Dem - SF except 1960 Plumas (!) and 1976 Alameda (they just didn't like Carter in San Francisco...I don't know what happened.)

2008 SF

Most Rep - 1960, 1964 - Alpine
1968 - Mono (both went Dem for the first time since the New Deal in 2004!)
1972-1988 Orange
1992, 1996 - Sutter
2000, 2004 - Modoc

2008 Modoc

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Oregon (yeah, doing this backwards now...OH and IN and so on just have too many counties...)
Most Dem
1960-1968 Columbia
1972 Coos
1976 Columbia
1980- Multnomah

Still Multnomah

Most Rep
1960 Benton
1964-92 Malheur
1996 Lake
2000- Grant

2008 Lake

[minionofmidas]

Washington
Most Dem:

2008 San Juan

2004 San Juan
1992-2000 King
1972-1988 Pacific
1964, 1968 Grays Harbor
1960 Ferry

Most Rep...this is weird:

2008 Garfield

2004 Adams
2000 Garfield
1996 Douglas
1992 Garfield
1988 Benton
1984 Adams
1980 Adams
1976 Benton
1972 Columbia
1968 Adams
1964 Lincoln
1960 San Juan

San Juan has turned from the most Republican into the most Democratic county in the state. Ferry probably isn't very far from completing the opposite process.
And East Washington Republicans just can't keep still, they have to switch strongholds all the time.

[minionofmidas]

Hawaii
some pretty radical realignment in the '60s, stable since
Most Dem
1960 Honolulu
1964-2000 Kauai
2004 Hawaii

lol, 2008 Maui

Most Rep
1960 Kauai
1964 Maui
1968-2004 Honolulu

2008 Honolulu

See what I mean?

[minionofmidas]

Kerry did 5pts better in Ferry (he got 35%...) than Gore did... Bubba won it in 92 and 96.
Mind you as it's got a tiny population all sorts of things can happen.

But the San Juan result is weird... about 2000 more Democratic votes than in 2000 in a county with 14,000 people in it...

Well it did have one of Nader's best results in the country, and Kerry did well in touristic places all around the country.

[minionofmidas]

Hawaii
some pretty radical realignment in the '60s, stable since
Most Dem
1960 Honolulu
1964-2000 Kauai
2004 Hawaii
Most Rep
1960 Kauai
1964 Maui
1968-2004 Honolulu
See what I mean?

Why'd that happen?

No clue. The swing's not very large really, it's actually kind of amazing Kauai and Honolulu came out at the extremes all the time afterwards as the four counties weren't usually that far apart.
Might have been realignment on racial lines...HI Whites slowly going from solid Rep to more-or-less solid Dem, some Asian subgroup going Rep maybe?

[minionofmidas]

Nevada
Most Dem is easy:
1960-68 White Pine
1972 Clark
1976-84 White Pine
1988- Clark

2008 Clark

Most Rep is more confusing (as usual):
1960-72 Douglas
1976 Elko
1980 Eureka
1984 Lander
1988, 1992 Churchill
1996 Eureka
2000 Elko
2004...does anybody have a pocket calculator handy? Elko and Lander both weigh in at 78.0%
Elko 11938/15309
Lander 1602/2053
Whatever is the slightly higher number.

2008 Eureka

[minionofmidas]

Utah
Most Rep...
1960-68 Kane
1972 Garfield
1976 Kane
1980 Washington
1984 Box Elder
1988, 1992 Garfield
1996 Kane
2000 Garfield
2004 Rich

2008 Uintah

Most Dem though...
1960-2000 Carbon
2004 Summit

2008 Summit

Carbon's mining IIRC, Summit appears to be touristy.

[minionofmidas]

Arizona
Most Dem
1960-72 Greenlee
1976 Apache
1980 Greenlee
1984- Apache

2008 Santa Cruz

Most Rep
1960, 1964 Yavapai
1968 Coconino (!)
1972, 1976 Maricopa
1980 Mohave
1984, 1988 Maricopa
1992 Graham
1996 Yavapai
2000, 2004 Graham

2008 Graham

[minionofmidas]

Nevada
Most Dem is easy:
1960-68 White Pine
1972 Clark
1976-84 White Pine
1988- Clark
Most Rep is more confusing (as usual):
1960-72 Douglas
1976 Elko
1980 Eureka
1984 Lander
1988, 1992 Churchill
1996 Eureka
2000 Elko
2004...does anybody have a pocket calculator handy? Elko and Lander both weigh in at 78.0%
Elko 11938/15309
Lander 1602/2053
Whatever is the slightly higher number.

I did the division for you, and Lander is slightly more GOP.

Do you have Windows? If so, you have a calculator built in to your computer...

Really? Where?
I know there used to be one in the old pre-Windows Word. Plus of course there's Excel...

[minionofmidas]

New Mexico
Most Dem
1960-1968 Sandoval
1972-1992 Rio Arriba
1996, 2000 San Miguel
2004 Taos

2008 Taos

Most Rep
1960 Roosevelt
1964-1988 Lincoln, except
1976 Los Alamos
1992 Curry
1996, 2000 Catron
2004 Lea

2008 Lea

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Colorado
Most Rep
1960 Larimer
1964 Hinsdale
1968 Jackson
1972 Hinsdale
1976 Rio Blanco
1980 Dolores
1984 Rio Blanco
1988 Hindale
1992 El Paso
1996 Washington
2000 Cheyenne
2004 Cheyenne

2008 Cheyenne

Most Dem
1960 Las Animas
1972 Pitkin
2004 San Miguel

2008 San Miguel

At all the other elections, the one county in Colo. to never go Republican, Costilla, was also the most Dem. county.