Top Dem and Rep results, by state

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Lewis,

Are you using margin of victory or party percentage?

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North Carolina
Most Dem
1960 Martin
64, 68 Northampton
72 Orange
76 Robeson
80 Hoke
84 Northampton
88, 92 Warren
86 Northampton
00 Hertford
04 Durham. Seems like in NC, it's the Dem who can't sit still...

Yes, alternating between the minority counties in the northeast and southeast of N.C. and the urbanized, "Northernized", counties of Orange and Durham.

BTW, where was Wallace's best showing?

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I think Loving County is one of the smallest counties in the entire country (or at least it is now).

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Yes, this thread, thanks Lewis.

Nevada
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

Lander is higher.

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Massachusetts

                 Most Dem             Most GOP
1956          Suffolk                 Nantucket
1952          Suffolk                 Barnstable
1948          Suffolk                 Barnstable
1944          Suffolk                 Barnstable
1940          Suffolk                 Barnstable
1936          Suffolk                 Barnstable
1932          Suffolk                 Barnstable
1928          Suffolk                 Barnstable
1924          Suffolk                 Dukes
1920          Suffolk                 Dukes
1916          Suffolk                 Dukes
1912          Suffolk                 Hampshire (Roosevelt-Barnstable)
1908          Suffolk                 Dukes
1904          Suffolk                 Dukes
1900          Suffolk                 Barnstable
1896          Suffolk                 Barnstable

Suffolk has been the most Democratic county in Massachusetts in every election since at least 1896, that's pretty remarkable stability.

Interesting. Can you look up the others that have been consistent 1960-2008:

Shannon, SD (D)
Sioux, IA (R)
Grant, WV (R)
Jackson, KY (R)
Sussex, DE (R)

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An update after the 2016 election. Most Democratic county is on the left and most Republican on the right. * marks change from 2012.
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Some notable most Democratic/Republican county streaks: Madison county, most Republican in Idaho since 1976 (though it did became McMullin's best county this time around), Lake county - most Democratic in Indiana since 1984, Ottawa - most Republican in Michigan since 1976 (it has now fallen to 31st place), Wayne - most Democratic in Michigan all but two times (1976 and 1984) since 1960, Sioux - most Republican in Iowa since at least 1956 and Wyandotte - most Democratic in Kansas since 1968.

Sioux/Lyon, IA is a case of the former having higher conservative third-party vote. If add McMullin to Trump, Madison, ID is beaten out by Franklin.

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Interesting.

If current trendlines continue, it won't be for much longer. Big if perhaps, the Dem vote in western Mass. and on the Vineyard might well be maxed out now, but they've come pretty close to Suffolk this year.

Actually in 2016, Suffolk got even more Democratic, and Berkshire in western Mass. swung hard GOP.

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Most Democratic county contains the state's...
largest city in: WA, OR, NV, CO, NE, OK, IL, KY, DE, PA, NJ, NY, MA, RI, VT*, ME
second largest cities (and most urban in most of these cases): MN, MO, LA*, TN, OH
flagship university: KS, IA, MI, IN, LA*, WV, MD*, VT*
majority-minority: AZ, MT, ND, SD, TX, AR, MS, AL, GA, FL, SC, VA, MD*, WI, NM (Santa Fe is around 50%), (Maui, HI is majority-minority but all counties in HI are, not sure if Maui is caused by liberal whites or by a higher percentage of minorities that vote Democratic).
ski resort: ID, UT, WY
CA - San Francisco is of course self-explanatory.

*star means more than one category

That leaves NC, CT, NH

NC (Durham) combination of liberal whites in the Research Triangle (the cultural center of NC), and a high black population. Orange the university county borders it.

CT (Hartford) - not far behind CT's largest city - seems to have more white liberals than the other big CT counties?

NH (Grafton) borders VT and has Dartmouth College.

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An update after the 2016 election. Most Democratic county is on the left and most Republican on the right. * marks change from 2012.
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Some notable most Democratic/Republican county streaks: Madison county, most Republican in Idaho since 1976 (though it did became McMullin's best county this time around), Lake county - most Democratic in Indiana since 1984, Ottawa - most Republican in Michigan since 1976 (it has now fallen to 31st place), Wayne - most Democratic in Michigan all but two times (1976 and 1984) since 1960, Sioux - most Republican in Iowa since at least 1956 and Wyandotte - most Democratic in Kansas since 1968.

Sioux/Lyon, IA is a case of the former having higher conservative third-party vote. If add McMullin to Trump, Madison, ID is beaten out by Franklin.

For the sake of consistency, I'm following the criteria used by Lewis: highest percentage, not margin.

That's fine. I was just pointing that out.

Massachusetts

                 Most Dem             Most GOP
1956          Suffolk                 Nantucket
1952          Suffolk                 Barnstable
1948          Suffolk                 Barnstable
1944          Suffolk                 Barnstable
1940          Suffolk                 Barnstable
1936          Suffolk                 Barnstable
1932          Suffolk                 Barnstable
1928          Suffolk                 Barnstable
1924          Suffolk                 Dukes
1920          Suffolk                 Dukes
1916          Suffolk                 Dukes
1912          Suffolk                 Hampshire (Roosevelt-Barnstable)
1908          Suffolk                 Dukes
1904          Suffolk                 Dukes
1900          Suffolk                 Barnstable
1896          Suffolk                 Barnstable

Suffolk has been the most Democratic county in Massachusetts in every election since at least 1896, that's pretty remarkable stability.

Interesting. Can you look up the others that have been consistent 1960-2008:

Shannon, SD (D)
Sioux, IA (R)
Grant, WV (R)
Jackson, KY (R)
Sussex, DE (R)

Shannon is now Oglala Lakota and its streak has continued. Sioux and Jackson no longer. Grant and Sussex are still active. Grant is interesting as WV has gotten so Republican.