Counties where the largest community is more republican

[RedSLC]

The only way Fort Thomas can be more Republican than the county as a whole is if the river cities are much more Democratic than I thought.

I just colored the Campbell County suburbs in DRA. Newport voted 54.5-43.8 for Obama, but Fort Thomas voted 61.6-36.8 for McCain, which is a bit more republican than Campbell County as a whole, which voted 59.7-38.8 for McCain in 2008. Though, to be fair Fort Thomas isn't that much bigger than Newport (16,325 inhabitants, vs. 15,273 for Newport).

Combined, the three Campbell County suburbs immediately across the river from Cincinnati voted 51.8-46.5 for Obama in addition to Newport, Obama also narrowly won Dayton 50.3-47.9, while narrowly losing Bellevue, which voted 50.8-47.5 for McCain. While they did vote D,  the three cities have a combined population of only about 26,000, which is less than a third of Campbell County's population. Knowing that, it certainly is plausible that the suburbs directly south (including Fort Thomas) did vote for McCain by a larger margin than the county, especially considering how subdivided they are.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Combined, the three Campbell County suburbs immediately across the river from Cincinnati voted 51.8-46.5 for Obama in addition to Newport, Obama also narrowly won Dayton 50.3-47.9, while narrowly losing Bellevue, which voted 50.8-47.5 for McCain.

I've lived in Bellevue for 16 years. Trust me, I don't see how there's a chance in hell McCain won it, and I'm sure Romney did even worse.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

The reason I mentioned Steele, MN is because I remembered Bush doing better in Owatonna than the county in 2004, and indeed that is correct (55.96% to 55.57%). But it's true that Obama did slightly better in Owatonna than the county at large.

I was thinking Dakota County was a possibility with Lakeville being the largest city, but actually it's Eagan, so not there.

One county it does apply to in Minnesota is Wright. Romney won 62.96% in St. Michael and  59.67% county-wide.

[nclib]

From this thread, there is also:

Concord   CA   Contra Costa
San Jose   CA   Santa Clara
Visalia   CA   Tulare
Thornton   CO   Adams
Yonkers   NY   Westchester
Corpus Christi   TX   Nueces
Laredo   TX   Webb
McAllen   TX    Hidalgo

The Texas ones are mainly because of the Hispanic %.

[Miles]

Just thought of this while I was doing an NC map. In Halifax County, the biggest town, Roanoke Rapids is Republican but is outweighed by the rest of the county, which is rural and heavily black.