Political Breakdown of your county

[phk]

Breakdown, the townships, cities, unincorporated areas of your county if you can.

[Jake]

Those townships in teal are rural, lower middle class areas.  Like the rest of the county, strongly Republican.

Those boroughs in teal are small towns, middle class, and strongly Republican.

Factoryville Borough is the strongest Democratic area in the county.  It still is majority Republican.  It is a medium sized town and middle class.

Exeter township has some of the Wilkes-Barre exurbs in it, but still remains mainly rural and lower middle class.

Falls, Overfield, Clinton, and Tunkhannock townships are mainly rural with a few small towns/villages.  Strongly Republican, though Falls and Overfield are more Democratic friendly.

Tunkhannock Borough is the county seat and is about 2,000 strong.  Strongly Republican and middle class.

[phk]

There are 15 incorporated cities in Fresno County and an unincorporated area.

City of Fresno
Northeast suburbs - Mostly "Country Club" Republicans with a small contigent of latte liberals. Republicans soley vote on tax-cuts, Democrats soley vote on gay-rights and the environment.
Northwest suburbs - Blue-collar Reagan Democrats who are socially conservative vote straight-ticket GOP now and comprise around 55% of the area. The other 45% remaning is mostly low-income minorities, Mexicans, South-east Asians, African-Americans that vote Democrat.
*Southeast Fresno - Very Poor, mostly populated with displaced Mexican farmworkers that headed to the city when the Freedom to Farm Act hurt the rural economy.
*Southwest - Similar to the Southeast but has a larger urban African-American population.
*White population is very very right-wing, descendants of Okies reacting to minorities.

Clovis
Mostly populated with traditional blue-collar Okie Republicans, votes GOP by a 2-to-1 margin. Several DINOS. Has expanding population of latte liberals and Country Club Republicans.

Coalinga
Mostly populated with White farmers that are most likely descendants of Okies, and very poor populist Hispanic farm laborers. Slight GOP edge due to higher turnout.

Firebaugh
A very small township dominated by low-income Hispanics, usually farm workers, strong Democrat.  Some white residents form the backbone of GOP support, descendants of Okies.

Fowler
A relatively small township where the White-Hispanic population breaks down about evenly, with a slight edge to the Hispanic population. Slightly leans Democrat.

Mendota
A small township dominated by low-income Hispanics, usually farm workers, strong Democrat.

Huron
A small township dominated by low-income Hispanics, usually farm workers, strong Democrat.

Kerman
A relatively small township where that comprises of low-income Hispanics and some Okie Republicans. Lean Democrat, because of the Hispanics.

Kingsburg
Mostly populated with traditional blue-collar Okie Republicans, votes GOP by a 2-to-1 margin

Orange Cove
A small township dominated by low-income Hispanics, usually farm workers, strong Democrat.

Parlier
A small township dominated by low-income Hispanics, usually farm workers, strong Democrat.

San Joaquin
A small township dominated by low-income Hispanics, usually farm workers, strong Democrat.

Reedly
Farming community, with low-income farm workers some suburban neighborhoods. Strong GOP lean.

Sanger
A township dominated by Hispanic farm-workers along with some Okie white farmers. Some suburban areas. Strong Democrat lean.

Selma
Farming community, with low-income farm workers some suburban neighborhoods. Weak Democrat lean.

Unincorporated Area
Strong GOP, low-income farmworkers, some Native Americans. Mostly consists of impoverished farms. Whites are mostly descendants of Okies.

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According to the 2000 Census, Fresno County is one of the largest, fastest growing, and most diverse counties in the state of California.

With a population of 823,900 (as of Jan 1, 2001) Fresno County is the 10th largest county, up from its ranking of 12th in 1990. The largest city, Fresno, population 441,200, remains the state's sixth largest city. (Fresno Bee 3/30/01)

In Fresno County, three in five people are either Hispanic or members of a minority race, such as African American, Asian, American Indian, or Pacific Islander. (Fresno Bee 3/30/01)

Fresno County is the state's third most diverse county, behind Los Angeles and Alameda Counties. ( Fresno Bee 4/1/01.)

[Cashcow]

This is how Camden County, New Jersey voted in the 2004 presidential election. Much of it is upper-middle class, but there are a lot of liberals in the Philadelphia suburbs.

[bgwah]

King County in a nutshell

SEATTLE- Liberal Urban Democrat
EASTSIDE - Libertarian Suburban Democrat
SOUTH COUNTY - Middle Class Suburban Democrat
VASHON - Hippy Democrat
RURAL/EXURBAN EAST - Moderate Republican, probably voted for Kerry though.

[danwxman]

Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

Basically everything from around Mechanicsburg to the Susquehanna River is very suburban...everything west of Mechanicsburg is rural although there is some suburban development around Carlisle.

Every borough and township in the county voted for Bush, although oddly enough slightly less then surrounding townships north, west and south of the county. It's as if politics change to slightly more Republican once you cross the border into the neighboring counties. The only exception is the city of Harrisburg, which borders the county to the east on the other side of the Susquehanna River. Harrisburg votes very Democratic. The boroughs in the eastern end of the county are barely Republican, and trending Democrat as minorities move in from across the river. There is also a "latte liberal" presence, most notably in Camp Hill. The rest of the county is rural and votes rather strongly Republican, though slightly less in the borough of Carlisle due to the presence of a law school and a few hispanic and black neighborhoods.

[Dave from Michigan]

I live in wayne county (Detroit) Michigan.  I'll do a breakdown by city later

[Citizen James]

Let's see, Ventura county California.

This is just going from impressions, so I could be a bit off.

Simi Valley (home of the Reagan library): Highly conservative.
Thousand Oaks (wealthy suburbs): Conservative leaning.
Westlake Villiage(very wealthy suburbs): Conservative leaning.
Camarillo(semi-rural suburbs): moderate to conservative
Oxnard(semi-rural suburbs with a growing urban population) Liberal leaning
Ventura (county seat) centrist to liberal
Port Hueneme(Home to the local navy base): conservative leaning.
Ojai (artistic rural) Liberal.
Other/unincorporated (Largely poor rural): Liberal

[Grad Students are the Worst]

I am doing this by transcribing a breaktown of my county's 2004 results by city in order to do this, so it may be long and weird.

Pierce County, Washington:

City of Tacoma
Includes: Ruston, Tacoma.
North and South Tacoma voted heavily Kerry, especially North (where I live), probably the strongest area in the county. Northeast was a narrow Kerry win - he lost poll voters, but won absentees, and is more wealthy. East Tacoma was somewhat closer, with poor areas outvoting the new rural-ish suburb land in the southeast, which voted slightly Republican. Ruston, embedded in the middle of north Tacoma but virtually the same as Tacoma, voted along with north Tacoma - heavily Kerry.

Urban Suburbs
Includes: Fircrest, University Place.
Fairly wealthy areas around Tacoma with lots of highly-priced housing. Surprising to me, they are for the most part Democratic - Fircrest somewhat comfortably, University Place slightly, and historicalSteilacoom by a scant 67 votes of 5,409 cast.

Urban Suburbs II
Includes: Lakewood, Parkland.
These don't quite fit in with Fircrest, University Place, and Steilacoom. They tend to be middle class, with some rich housing in Lakewood. Lakewood was a narrow Democratic win, while Parkland wasn't very close.

Gig Harbor Peninsula
Includes: Bee, Elgin, Fox Island, Gig Harbor, Home, Lakebay, Longbranch, Point Fosdick, Purdy, Rosedale, Vaughn, Wauna.
The general area around Gig Harbor (this entire area is generally referred to as Gig Harbor, even though incorporated Gig Harbor is rather tiny) is wealthy, and generally Republican. Although there are many middle-class Protestants in this area, it's not heavily religious enough to be socially conservative. The exception to this all is the Key Peninsula area (Bee, Home, Lakebay, and Longbranch), which is slightly Democratic.

Military Bases
Includes: Fort Lewis, McChord AFB.
Predictably, the military areas are conservative and Republican. I was surprised, though, that Fort Lewis was only won by Bush with under 60% of the vote. McChord AFB was a different story, with Bush winning with 73% - the highest total in the county.

Rural Suburbs
Includes: Bonney Lake, Buckley, DuPont, Edgewood, Elk Plain, Milton, Orting, Pacific, Puyallup, Tillicum.
Generally Republican by small margins, with some around Spanaway (such as Elk Plain) being more significant margins. Voting results depend heavily on incorporation - while Kerry won downtown Puyallup, he lost it because of heavily Republican semi-rural areas included in the city border. Milton, Sumner, and tiny Tillicum voted Democratic. Many areas were very close.

Rural South
Includes: Carbonado, Eatonville, Greenwater, Roy, Wilkeson.
Very schizophrenic. Carbonado and Roy are heavily Republican, while Wilkeson is narrowly Democratic, and the isolated Greenwater is for some unknown reason very Democratic. Other cities, such as Eatonville, are moderately Republican.

Random Islands
Includes: Anderson Island, Herron Island, Ketron Island, McNeil Island.
Generally economically right-of-center, socially left-of-center. Votes Republican by fairly small margins. Some of these islands cast very few votes - Ketron Island least at 19 - but are generally just a few votes off.

Rural Districts
Two districts contain lots of populated unincorporated areas - District 2, which had its rural areas vote almost 60% Bush, and District 25, where they voted Bush by a comfortable but not huge margin. Rural District 26 voters, smaller in number, as well as Rural District 31 voters, also smaller in number, went for Bush moderately.

City of Fife
Includes: Fife.
 Near Northeast Tacoma, on the King County border, Fife didn't really fit in with the City of Tacoma or anywhere else. Lots of industry, and car dealerships here. Although most everyone knows where it is, the population is not high - only 1,335 votes were cast, most of them in precincts in the Fife Heights area, which is somewhat seperated from the "downtown" (where most people go through), which cast only a couple of hundred of votes. Overall, it is moderately Democratic.

In other words (the Cliff Notes version):
- Tacoma is heavily Democratic, except the wealthy northeast, which was very close.
- The urban suburbs are fairly Democratic, although wealthy areas are more likely to be Republican.
- Rural suburbs are usually Republican, with a few exceptions.
- Areas around Gig Harbor are usually Republican due to economic issues, except for the Key Peninsula.
- Most rural areas are heavily Republican, with a few exceptions.

Jesus: Can we please, please have Vashon? You don't really need it, and it's so nice. It'd make more sense for it to be in Pierce County anyway, and would actually matter in our vote total! Pretty please?

[Max Power]

City of Fresno

You live in Fresno? Did you know my Aunt Laurie Penco when she lived there?

[Max Power]

Those townships in teal are rural, lower middle class areas.  Like the rest of the county, strongly Republican.

Those boroughs in teal are small towns, middle class, and strongly Republican.

Factoryville Borough is the strongest Democratic area in the county.  It still is majority Republican.  It is a medium sized town and middle class.

Exeter township has some of the Wilkes-Barre exurbs in it, but still remains mainly rural and lower middle class.

Falls, Overfield, Clinton, and Tunkhannock townships are mainly rural with a few small towns/villages.  Strongly Republican, though Falls and Overfield are more Democratic friendly.

Tunkhannock Borough is the county seat and is about 2,000 strong.  Strongly Republican and middle class.

Do you have President Forever? That would make an interesting scenario!

[phk]

City of Fresno

You live in Fresno? Did you know my Aunt Laurie Penco when she lived there?

Well, tell me about the area she lived in...

[Jake]

Those townships in teal are rural, lower middle class areas.  Like the rest of the county, strongly Republican.

Those boroughs in teal are small towns, middle class, and strongly Republican.

Factoryville Borough is the strongest Democratic area in the county.  It still is majority Republican.  It is a medium sized town and middle class.

Exeter township has some of the Wilkes-Barre exurbs in it, but still remains mainly rural and lower middle class.

Falls, Overfield, Clinton, and Tunkhannock townships are mainly rural with a few small towns/villages.  Strongly Republican, though Falls and Overfield are more Democratic friendly.

Tunkhannock Borough is the county seat and is about 2,000 strong.  Strongly Republican and middle class.

Do you have President Forever? That would make an interesting scenario!

Yep, I've made a county commisioner scenario, but it's not very good.  I was thinking of making a scenario about the congressional race in PA-11 if Kanjorski retires, but that's on the back burner for now.