Obama 2008 primary/Obama 2008 general/Obama 2012 general/Sanders 2016 counties

[nclib]

i.e. voting for the more left-wing candidate in each election.

Minnesota: St. Louis, Carlton, Lake, Cook, Koochiching, Itasca, Beltrami, Norman, Mahnomen, Clay, Swift, Chippewa, Hennepin, Ramsey, Dakota, Washington, Rice, Nicollet, Blue Earth, Olmsted, Winona, Mower, Fillmore, and Houston
Wisconsin: Bayfield, Ashland, Sawyer, Price, Lincoln, Menominee, Door, Portage, Winnebago, Racine, Kenosha, Dunn, Pepin, Buffalo, Eau Claire, Jackson, LaCrosse, Vernon, Crawford, Grant, Iowa, Lafayette, Green, Rock, Sauk, Richland, Dane, Columbia, and Marquette
Colorado: Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Jefferson, Adams, Arapahoe, San Miguel, Ouray San Juan, La Plata, Gunnison, Saguache, Alamosa, Huerfano, Pitkin, Lake, Eagle, Summit, Routt, Larimer, Bear Creek, and Gilpin
Oregon: Multnomah, Clackamas, Hood River, Lincoln, Benton, Lane, Clatsop, and Washington
Virginia: (independent cities) of Charlottesville, Harrisonburg, Radford, Staunton, and Williamsburg
Maine: Oxford, Franklin, York, Cumberland, Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Kennebec, Knox, Waldo, Hancock, Washington, and Penobscot
Illinois: Kane, DuPage, Will, DeKalb, Winnebago, Jackson, Putnam, Champaign, Fulton, Knox, Warren, Whiteside, and Carroll
California: Alpine, Mono, Humboldt, Santa Cruz, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Barbara
Massachusetts: Franklin, Hampshire, Dukes, and Nantucket
Washington: Thurston, Jefferson, Skagit, Whatcom, and San Juan
South Dakota: Oglala Lakota (formerly Shannon), Todd, Ziebach, Dewey, Corson, and Roberts
Montana: Missoula, Glacier, Hill, Blaine, Roosevelt, and Big Horn
Iowa: Story, Marshall, Poweshiek, Black Hawk, Winneshiek, Clayton, Jefferson, Des Moines, Linn, Johnson, Jones, Cedar, Muscatine, Clinton, and Scott
North Carolina: Orange and Buncombe
Missouri: Boone
Nebraska: Thurston
Wyoming: Teton
Arizona: Coconino
Nevada: Washoe
New York: Tompkins
Pennsylvania: Centre
Texas: Travis
Idaho: Blaine and Latah
New Mexico: Bernalillo and Taos
Connecticut: Middlesex and Tolland
New Hampshire: Cheshire, Sullivan, Grafton, Merrimack
Vermont: all
Hawaii: all
North Dakota: primary/caucus unknown, but general is: Sioux, Rolette, Benson, Steele, Ransom, and Sargent
Kansas: primary/caucus unknown, but general is: Douglas and Wyandotte
Michigan: using uncommitted as Obama: Washtenaw. The following were under 60% for Clinton so conceivably could have gone Obama if he was on the ballot: Marquette, Isabella, Van Buren, Kalamazoo, Calhoun, Eaton, and Ingham

States: WA, OR, HI, CO, MN, WI, VT, ME

Comments?

[Nym90]

Lots of counties with a major university, and otherwise a cross-section of areas that are liberal/Democratic and have a high "floor" of Democratic votes (like Wisconsin and Minnesota). Among the states, Colorado is the one Obama won by the narrowest margin.

[Higgs]

Hey, my county is one of them.

[nclib]

bump...a lot of these counties voted for Trump esp. in MN, IA, WI.

[nclib]

updating for 2016 General...

i.e. voting for the more left-wing candidate in each election.

Minnesota: St. Louis, Carlton, Lake, Cook, Hennepin, Ramsey, Dakota, Washington, and Olmsted
Wisconsin: Bayfield, Ashland, Menominee, Portage, Eau Claire, LaCrosse, Crawford, Iowa, Green, Rock, Sauk, and Dane
Colorado: Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Jefferson, Adams, Arapahoe, San Miguel, Ouray, San Juan, La Plata, Gunnison, Saguache, Alamosa, Pitkin, Lake, Eagle, Summit, Routt, Larimer, Bear Creek, and Gilpin
Oregon: Multnomah, Clackamas, Hood River, Lincoln, Benton, Lane, Clatsop, and Washington
Virginia: (independent cities) of Charlottesville, Harrisonburg, Radford, Staunton, and Williamsburg
Maine: York, Cumberland, Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Knox, Waldo, and Hancock
Illinois: Kane, DuPage, Will, DeKalb, Winnebago, Jackson, and Champaign
California: Alpine, Mono, Humboldt, Santa Cruz, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Barbara
Massachusetts: Franklin, Hampshire, Dukes, and Nantucket
Washington: Thurston, Jefferson, Skagit, Whatcom, and San Juan
South Dakota: Oglala Lakota (formerly Shannon), Todd, Ziebach, and Dewey
Montana: Missoula, Glacier, and Big Horn
Iowa: Story, Marshall, Black Hawk, Linn, Johnson, Cedar, and Scott
North Carolina: Orange and Buncombe
Missouri: Boone
Wyoming: Teton
Arizona: Coconino
Nevada: Washoe
New York: Tompkins
Pennsylvania: Centre
Texas: Travis
Idaho: Blaine and Latah
New Mexico: Bernalillo and Taos
Connecticut: Middlesex and Tolland
New Hampshire: Cheshire, Grafton, and Merrimack
Vermont: all except Essex
Hawaii: all
North Dakota: primary/caucus unknown, but general is: Sioux and Rolette
Kansas: primary/caucus unknown, but general is: Douglas and Wyandotte
Michigan: using uncommitted as Obama: Washtenaw. The following were under 60% for Clinton in the '08 primary so conceivably could have gone Obama if he was on the ballot: Marquette, Kalamazoo, and Ingham

States: WA, OR, HI, CO, MN, VT, ME