Humphrey 1968/Nixon 1972 counties

[Sumner 1868]

In bold are states where every county voted for Nixon in 1972.

AL: None

AK: N/A

AZ: Gila, Pinal.

AR: Chicot, Conway, Johnson, Lee, Phillips, Pulaski.

CA: Contra Costa, Fresno, Kings, Lassen, Madera, Merced, Napa, Placer, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, Stainslaus, Trinity.

CO: Adams, Conejos, Denver, Huerfano, Las Animas, Mineral, Pueblo.

CT: Hatford, Middlesex, New Haven, New London, Tolland, Windham.

DE: None.

FL: Alachua, Dade, Monroe.

GA: Chatham, Fulton, Greene, Hancock, Liberty, McIntosh, Taliaferro.

HI: Every county in Hawaii voted Humphrey 68/Nixon 72.

ID: Benewah, Clearwater, Lewis, Nez Perce, Shoshone.

IL: Alexander, Christian, Cook, Franklin, Fulton, Gallatin, Macon, Macoupin, Madison, Pulaski, Rock Island, St. Clair.

IN: Dubois, Floyd, Lake, Perry, St. Joseph, Scott, Sullivan, Vermillion.

IA: Des Moines, Monroe, Polk, Wapello.

KS: None

KY: Ballard, Bath, Bourbon, Calloway, Carlisle, Franklin, Gallatin, Graves, Harlan, Harrison, Henderson, Henry, Letcher, Livingston, Lyon, McCracken, McLean, Marion, Marshall, Mason, Meade, Menifee, Nelson, Nicholas, Owen, Perry, Pike, Scott, Shelby, Simpson, Trigg, Trimble, Union, Webster.

LA: None.

ME: Aroostook, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Sagadahoc, Somerset, Washington, York.

MD: Calvert, Montgomery.

MA: Plymouth.

MI: Alger, Baraga, Bay, Dickinson, Genesee, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Macomb, Marquette, Menominee, Monroe, Ontonagon, Schoolcraft, .

MN: Aitkin, Anoka, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Chippewa, Chisago, Clay, Clearwater, Crow Wing, Dakota, Freeborn, Grant, Hennepin, Isanti, Jackson, Kanabec, Kittson, Koochiching, Lac Qui Parle, Lake of the Woods, Le Sueur, Lyon, Marshall, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Norman, Pennington, Pine, Polk, Rice, Roseau, Scott, Sherburne, Stearns, Washington, Winona, Wright, Yellow Medicine.

MS: None

MO: Dunklin, Iron, Jackson, Jefferson, Lewis, Linn, Marion, Mississippi, New Madrid, Oregon, Pike, Ralls, Randolph, Ray, Reynolds, St. Genevieve, Shannon, Shelby.

MT: Cascade, Glacier, Hill, Jefferson, Lincoln, Mineral, Sheridan.

NE: Saline.

NV: Clark, Mineral, White Pine.

NH: Coos, Hillsborough, Strafford.

NJ: Atlantic, Camden, Cumberland, Essex, Hudson, Mercer, Middlesex.

NM: Colfax, Grant, McKinley, Sandoval, Santa Fe.

NY: Albany, Erie, Queens, Schenectady.

NC: Bertie, Durham, Hertford, Hoke, Robeson, Scotland, Warren, Washington.

ND: Benson, Mountrail, Renville, Sioux, Steele.

OH: Belmont, Cuyahoga, Harrison, Jefferson, Lorain, Mahoning, Mercer, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Portage, Summit, Trumball, Tuscarawas.

OK: Carter, Choctaw, Garvin, Grady, Greer, Harmon, Haskell, Hughes, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnston, Latimer, Le Flore, Love, McCurtain, McIntosh, Murray, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Seminole, Tillman.

OR: Tillamook, Wasco.

PY: Allegheny, Beaver, Cambria, Carbon, Elk, Erie, Fayette, Greene, Lackawanna, Lawrence, Luzerne, Northampton, Washington, Westmoreland.

RI: Every county in Rhode Island voted Humphrey 68/Nixon 72.

SC: Allendale, Beaufort, Berkeley, Calhoun, Chester, Clarendon, Dorchester, Fairfield, Georgetown, Hampton, Jasper, Lee, McCormick, Marion, Marlboro, Orangeburg, Sumter, Williamsburg.

SD: Beadle, Codington, Spink

TN: Overton, Shelby, Trousdale.

TX: Anderson, Aransas, Archer, Atascosa, Bastrop, Baylor, Bee, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Borden, Bosque, Brazoria, Brewster, Briscoe, Brown, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Calhoun, Callahan, Cameron, Camp, Castro, Childress, Clay, Cochran, Coke, Collingsworth, Comanche, Concho, Coryell, Crockett, Crosby, Culberson, Delta, Dickens, Dimmit, Eastland, Ellis, El Paso, Erath, Falls, Fannin, Fisher, Foard, Franklin, Freestone, Frio, Galveston, Garza, Gonzales, Grayson, Grimes, Hall, Hardeman, Haskell, Hays, Henderson, Hidalgo, Hill, Hockley, Hood, Hopkins, Huston, Howard, Hudspeth, Hunt, Jack, Jackson, Jeff Davis, Jefferson, Jim Wells, Johnson, Jones, Karnes, Kaufman, Kenedy, Kent, King, Kinney, Kleberg, Knox, Lamar, Lampasas, La Salle, Lavaca, Lee, Leon, Liberty, Limestone, Llano, Lynn, McCulloch, McLennan, Madison, Marion, Matagorda, Medina, Milam, Mills, Mitchell, Montague, Morris, Nacogdoches, Navarro, Nolan, Nueces, Palo Pinto, Parker, Pecos, Polk, Presidio, Rains, Red River, Reeves, Refugio, Robertson, Rockwall, Sabine, San Jacinto, San Patricio, San Saba, Scurry, Shackelford, Somervell, Stonewall, Swisher, Throckmorton, Titus, Travis, Trinity, Val Verde, Van Zandt, Walker, Waller, Wharton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Willacy, Williamson, Wilson, Wise, Wood.

UT: Carbon, Tooele.

VT: Chittenden, Franklin.

VA: Buchanan, Caroline, Cumberland, Essex, Goochland, Greensville, King and Queen, Nansemond, New Kent, Northampton, Powhatan, Surry, Sussex, Tazewell, Wise.

WA: Asotin, Clallam, Clark, Cowlitz, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Klickitat, Mason, Pend Oreille, Pierce, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish, Thurston, Wahkiakum.

WV: Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Brooke, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Gilmer, Greenbrier, Hancock, Harrison, Jefferson, Kanawha, Lincoln, McDowell, Marion, Marshall, Mercer, Mingo, Monongalia, Nicholas, Ohio, Raleigh, Randolph, Summers, Tucker, Wayne, Webster, Wyoming.

WI: Bayfield, Eau Claire, Iron, Manitowoc, Marathon, St. Croix, Sheboygan.

WY: Carbon, Sweetwater.

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Really interesting!

Texas looks like a massacre. I guess it's just the lack of appeal for Mondale in the South compared to Humphrey, though.

[ElectionsGuy]

If I get time, I will make a map of this.

[Fuzzy Bear]

Texas has 254 counties, so the amount is not a lot.

In the South and Border, most of the counties that went for Humphrey in 1968 did so because George Wallace drew some votes away.

In the Northeast, many of these counties were ancestrally Democratic, but full of culturally conservative Catholics, who were the #1 focus of the 1972 Nixon campaign.  People forget that.  The 1972 Nixon campaign wasn't about a "Southern Strategy"; he KNEW he had the South in the bag.  Nixon wanted to really cream the Democrats by undercutting their NORTHERN base.  That's why Nixon did not come across as anti-labor; he wanted the votes of culturally conservative Union menbers.

[ElectionsGuy]

+ All Hawaii counties

[SingingAnalyst]

Besides New York City, Macomb, MI probably had the largest Humphrey-Nixon swing, both numerically and percentagewise: Its population was 625,000 in 1970, and it gave Humphrey 55.2% in '68 and Nixon 62.7% in '72.