Butler, OH 19.2%
Wyandotte, KS 16.6%
Lake, IN 16.4%
Gloucester, NJ 15.5%
St. Clair, IL 15.1%
Genesee, MI 15.0%
Does anyone know anything about these counties? 5 of 6 voted for Kerry, with 3 of them over 60%. Are they very divided or something?
I am actually from Butler County, OH. It is directly north of Hamilton County and Cincinnati. Over the past 50 it has been rapidly converting from rural to suburban. It is a highly conservative area, both socially and economically and is in no way shape or form a swing county. I imagine that it was the socially conservative (aka racist) aspect of Wallace that appealed to Butler County voters. If you look at the vote totals from 1968 and 1972 you'll notice that all of the Wallace voters from '68 went for Nixon in '72. Butler County is really the epitome of a GOP stronghold in Ohio as they usually net over 60% of the vote. Even Ken Blackwell won there. The only area in Ohio that is possibly more conservative is in the Northwest around Lima.
