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?
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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?
