most liberal precinct in the nation?

[WalterMitty]

anyone know the most libera;/democrat precinct in the nation is (at the presidential level)?

im going to guess it is either in the bay area ca or cambridge mass.

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[dazzleman]

It could also be in the South Bronx.  I think the Bronx is the most Democratic county in the country.

[bgwah]

I'm sure there are more than a few 100% Kerry precincts.

I know there's a precinct near me that only had 9 voters, all of whom voted for Bush.

[WalterMitty]

i remember hearing of a precinct(s) in cambridge mass where bush finished 3rd behind gore and nader in 2000.

can anyone confirm or deny this?

[ag]

i remember hearing of a precinct(s) in cambridge mass where bush finished 3rd behind gore and nader in 2000.

can anyone confirm or deny this?

Weren't there Mass. towns with such a result? I though there were.

[they don't love you like i love you]

i remember hearing of a precinct(s) in cambridge mass where bush finished 3rd behind gore and nader in 2000.

can anyone confirm or deny this?

There was a few in Minneapolis like that.

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

This could be one of those "Most Democratic" vs. "Most Liberal" questions again.  It is much more likely that Bush got at least 1-3% out of the most liberal precinct than it is that he got any votes at all out of the most Democratic precincts.

In Bush's worst precinct in San Fransisco (3283), he still got 12 votes.

In 2000, there was one almost 100% black precinct in Memphis where Bush got zero votes, but he got 9 out of that box in '04 and there weren't any with zero votes for either candidate.  I'd imagine there are a number of heavily black precincts in cities, even relatively conservative cities, where Bush got 0 votes.  But those aren't liberal precincts.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Chicago?  Berkley CA?

[WalterMitty]

fir this thread, let's exclude any precinct that is over 95% black.

[they don't love you like i love you]

fir this thread, let's exclude any precinct that is over 95% black.

There should also be a size minimum. There's actually a precinct in my city that voted 100% Kerry, but only had 5 votes.

[bgwah]

How big do the precincts have to be? Like I said, there are some precincts that are very small and therefore a candidate can easily get 100% in them.

There is one notable precinct in San Juan County, Washington. It is the Waldron precinct, which makes up all of Waldron Island.

In 2004 with 85 votes
96.47% Kerry
3.53% Bush

In 2000 with 87 votes
63.64% Gore
29.55% Nader
5.68% Bush
1.14% Browne

Waldron Island is 95% white.

There were also some precincts in Seattle that were over 95% Kerry.

I was talking to Alcon and he said that the Buffalo Lake Precinct in Okanogan County was 95 or 96% Kerry.

I also remember he showed me the results of a precinct near the Evergreen college that was quite liberal.

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There was a Berkeley precinct with 94% Kerry and 2% Bush, but I'm not sure if it was even the best Kerry precinct in that county (Alameda county).

Berkeley,CA is 3rd among reasonably sized cities in % for Kerry after Gary, IN and Detriot, MI, so those would be places to look at. I think Washington, DC was 4th.

[J. J.]

fir this thread, let's exclude any precinct that is over 95% black.

You just excluded mine.

[Alcon]

Bush placed fourth in the Driftwood precinct in unincorporated Thurston County, Washington, this year.  Driftwood is located near Evergreen College, is heavily white, and is rather well-off.  The results were:

Kerry 126 (86.90%)
Nader 9 (6.21%)
Cobb 4 (2.76%)
Bush 3 (2.07%)
Badnarik 2 (1.38%)
Harris 1 (0.69%)

In other words, 2.07% were cast for conservative candidates, 1.38% for libertarian, and 96.55% for liberal candidates.

[they don't love you like i love you]

Bush placed fourth in the Driftwood precinct in unincorporated Thurston County, Washington, this year.  Driftwood is located near Evergreen College, is heavily white, and is rather well-off.  The results were:

Kerry 126 (86.90%)
Nader 9 (6.21%)
Cobb 4 (2.76%)
Bush 3 (2.07%)
Badnarik 2 (1.38%)
Harris 1 (0.69%)

In other words, 2.07% were cast for conservative candidates, 1.38% for libertarian, and 96.55% for liberal candidates.

Nader is not liberal. He is a totalitarian Stalinist.

[MODU]

And here I was going to say Washington, DC.

[© tweed]

i remember hearing of a precinct(s) in cambridge mass where bush finished 3rd behind gore and nader in 2000.

can anyone confirm or deny this?

Bush actually finished third in 2000 in all of Cambridge!  He ran about a point below Nader.

See, the exercise you point out here is kind of pointless.  Because if we find a 96% black precinct in inner Harlem than went 99.37% for Kerry, is that really a liberal precinct?  No, of course not; a better term would be socialist, putting it mildly.

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i remember hearing of a precinct(s) in cambridge mass where bush finished 3rd behind gore and nader in 2000.

can anyone confirm or deny this?

Bush actually finished third in 2000 in all of Cambridge!  He ran about a point below Nader.

See, the exercise you point out here is kind of pointless.  Because if we find a 96% black precinct in inner Harlem than went 99.37% for Kerry, is that really a liberal precinct?  No, of course not; a better term would be socialist, putting it mildly.

I've heard of several places where Nader beat Bush in 2000.

[nini2287]

i remember hearing of a precinct(s) in cambridge mass where bush finished 3rd behind gore and nader in 2000.

can anyone confirm or deny this?

Bush actually finished third in 2000 in all of Cambridge!  He ran about a point below Nader.

See, the exercise you point out here is kind of pointless.  Because if we find a 96% black precinct in inner Harlem than went 99.37% for Kerry, is that really a liberal precinct?  No, of course not; a better term would be socialist, putting it mildly.

I've heard of several places where Nader beat Bush in 2000.

Any where Buchanan beat Gore?

[they don't love you like i love you]

Yes, there was one in Kidder County, North Dakota that was Bush - 64.42%,   Buchanan - 20.19% and Gore - 12.50%. There was another precinct in the same county where Buchanan got 21.43%, probably his best in the country, but Gore got 35.71%. Bush got less than 40% and beat Gore by less than 4 points.

Even more interesting is if you compare the 2004 to 2000 results, the Bush numbers are practically the same despite Buchanan breaking 9% in 2000. This means that most likely a good chunk of the Buchanan vote went to Kerry, or possibly even a majority. If not, then there was a massive swing to Kerry from previous Bush supporters. Kerry even won two precincts in the county, something he couldn't even do in Bismarck, sadly. I'm willing to be this was all because of Iraq.

I have actually driven through Kidder county many many times, but have never stayed there for any significant length of time because there is no reason to obviously. If you ever go through there though you should check out the little towns on the side of the interstate. They're creepy as hell.

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i remember hearing of a precinct(s) in cambridge mass where bush finished 3rd behind gore and nader in 2000.

can anyone confirm or deny this?

Bush actually finished third in 2000 in all of Cambridge!  He ran about a point below Nader.

See, the exercise you point out here is kind of pointless.  Because if we find a 96% black precinct in inner Harlem than went 99.37% for Kerry, is that really a liberal precinct?  No, of course not; a better term would be socialist, putting it mildly.

I've heard of several places where Nader beat Bush in 2000.

Any where Buchanan beat Gore?

I doubt anywhere of note. I'm sure he did in some precinct with 2 voters.

[Alcon]

Peroutka almost won a few precincts around fundamentalist Mormon colonies (mostly polygamous) in Utah.  I bet Buchanan won at least one.

[minionofmidas]

There's a precinct in Alaska somewhere where the 2000 result was something like Bush, 33 votes, Browne, 31 votes, Nader, 2 votes, Gore, 1 vote.