Conservative counties where Nader did relatively well
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« on: November 23, 2006, 04:04:44 AM »

Can anyone think of any examples of conservative counties where Ralph Nader did better than he did in other places? And why did he do so well in these counties?

If I'm not mistaken, there were a bunch of conservative counties in Colorado and Utah where he got some of his highest vote totals in America. Also, there was a county in suburban Knoxville, TN, where he did really well in 1996. Similarly, Campbell County, KY, in 2000 had the 5th-highest Nader percentage out of all 120 counties in Kentucky. (Campbell may have ranked even higher in 2004, but I'm not sure about that.)

The question is: WHY?Huh?

You expect Nader to do the worst in the more conservative suburban areas like the ones in Kentucky and Tennessee. Did he do so well there because these counties are so conservative that there's a backlash against conservatism in general? I can see how that could be the case with Campbell. Or is it because conservatism produces such a wide economic disparity that there's more people in conservative areas who were so economically marginalized that they were willing to support someone like Nader?
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« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2006, 04:29:39 AM »

It may have been fifth-highest, but the difference between Nader in Campbell County and the state average was not that hugely significant.

By and large, Nader still did best in ski bum areas and college areas.  Affluent liberal areas where nowhere near as Nader-friendly.  Rural areas just didn't see much Nader voting, although there was some correlation between Nader doing well and counties generally delivering a relatively larger percentage to third-party counties.
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« Reply #2 on: November 24, 2006, 06:33:35 PM »

Some conservative counties that are in conservative states had a relatively high Nader vote because the few liberals in those counties/states knew Gore (or Kerry) wasn't going to win the state, so they felt they had nothing to lose by voting Nader.
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« Reply #3 on: November 24, 2006, 11:03:16 PM »

Some conservative counties that are in conservative states had a relatively high Nader vote because the few liberals in those counties/states knew Gore (or Kerry) wasn't going to win the state, so they felt they had nothing to lose by voting Nader.

That's true.  Less competitive states obviously resulted in higher Nader votes than they would have if they weren't competitive.   But, by and large, liberal areas still got higher Nader votes.
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« Reply #4 on: November 25, 2006, 11:31:43 AM »

Nader did very well in Alaska and you can find precincts where he finished second.  (in 2000, not 2004) I suppose Alaska should be classified as conservative since it hasn't voted for a Democrat since LBJ.
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« Reply #5 on: November 25, 2006, 11:46:24 AM »

Nader did very well in Alaska and you can find precincts where he finished second.  (in 2000, not 2004) I suppose Alaska should be classified as conservative since it hasn't voted for a Democrat since LBJ.

Yep.  Lots of third party friendliness in Alaska.  I would imagine that Alaska Democrats might be more liberal than average; at least there's a larger than average "green" contingent.

There's a lot of weird places in Alaska where Bush, Gore and Nader were all practically tied.  California had a few too.  The result were tiny Bush victories in precincts with a solidly liberal majority.
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« Reply #6 on: November 26, 2006, 09:31:57 PM »

floyd county virginia comes to mind.
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