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« on: October 19, 2014, 01:02:33 PM »
My guesses:
Broward, FL for dems.
Waukesha, WI for the GOP.
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« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2014, 01:23:34 PM »
Quote from: Sol on October 19, 2014, 01:02:33 PM
My guesses:
Broward, FL for dems.
Waukesha, WI for the GOP.

I'd say Dade, FL, for democrats
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« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2014, 01:25:03 PM »
Democrats-LA County, CA or Cook County, IL as both those counties contain all the major components of the Democratic coalition-urban white "progressives", inner city minorities, and swing voter suburbanites

Republicans-Probably a rural, heavily white and Evangelical county in Texas or Oklahoma
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« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2014, 01:29:30 PM »
Democrats: Cook County, Illinois
Republicans: Tarrant County, Texas
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« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2014, 01:53:35 PM »
« Edited: October 19, 2014, 02:12:21 PM by ElectionsGuy »
D's: New York, NY
R's: Montgomery, TX

Quote from: Sol on October 19, 2014, 01:02:33 PM
My guesses:
Broward, FL for dems.
Waukesha, WI for the GOP.

It's a good guess, but there is little to no SoCon element here, that's whats needed to fulfill the GOP representation.
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« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2014, 01:58:07 PM »
Quote from: ElectionsGuy on October 19, 2014, 01:53:35 PM
D's: Montgomery, MD
R's: Montgomery, TX

Quote from: Sol on October 19, 2014, 01:02:33 PM
My guesses:
Broward, FL for dems.
Waukesha, WI for the GOP.

It's a good guess, but there is little to no SoCon element here, that's whats needed to fulfill the GOP representation.

Huh, my impression was that Waukesha was unusually SoCon. So I guess maybe Greenville County, SC then?
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« Reply #6 on: October 19, 2014, 02:00:34 PM »
El Paso County, Colorado might be another good fit for the Republicans.
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« Reply #7 on: October 19, 2014, 02:08:25 PM »
Quote from: Thomas from NJ on October 19, 2014, 02:00:34 PM
El Paso County, Colorado might be another good fit for the Republicans.

Ooh, that is a good one. I guess I probably just need to deliberate some more.
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« Reply #8 on: October 19, 2014, 03:45:37 PM »
These are national parties so having to choose just one county in the country to represent them is almost impossible to do. Coalitions that vote for either party do differ from region to region.
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« Reply #9 on: October 19, 2014, 04:48:26 PM »
Quote from: Thomas from NJ on October 19, 2014, 01:29:30 PM
Democrats: Cook County, Illinois
Republicans: Tarrant Collin County, Texas
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« Reply #10 on: October 19, 2014, 06:05:59 PM »
Dems: Queens, NY
GOP: Forsyth, GA
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« Reply #11 on: October 19, 2014, 10:57:06 PM »
Not sure for the Dems, we're too diverse a coalition and I don't think there is a single county to sum it up anymore. If they were as they were in the 80's, Alameda County,CA would be the pick. But that's just not the case anymore.

Utah County, UT for the GOP (Orem has the Sarah Palin-like hockey moms, Provo has the Big Business, and anything outside those is pretty much just like the stereotypical redneck, except Mormon)
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« Reply #12 on: October 20, 2014, 03:17:51 PM »
For Democrats there's Providence County, RI

You have:

Wealthy white liberals
White professionals in unions
Working-class "Reagan Democrats" in unions
Disillusioned white "Rockefeller Republicans"
Conservative rural white Democrats
Liberal Mainstream Protestants
Roman Catholics who run the entire spectrum
Large college student population
Latinos
African-Americans
LGBT population
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« Reply #13 on: October 20, 2014, 04:28:10 PM »
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« Reply #14 on: October 20, 2014, 08:26:00 PM »
GOP: Madison County, AL

A good mixture of your rural Republicans with some wealthy Republicans in Huntsville.

Democrats: New York County, NY

Liberal elitists to the north of me, working class Dems to the south.
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« Reply #15 on: October 21, 2014, 01:55:26 PM »
« Edited: October 30, 2014, 03:28:46 PM by Del Tachi »
Democrats - Montgomery, MD
Republicans - Forsyth, GA
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« Reply #16 on: October 23, 2014, 06:41:34 PM »
Democrats:  Kings, New York
Republicans:  Forsyth, Georgia
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« Reply #17 on: October 23, 2014, 07:36:09 PM »
Quote from: Mr. Illini on October 20, 2014, 08:26:00 PM
Liberal elitists to the north of me, working class Dems to the south.

...Here I am, stuck in the middle with you.
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