Best Counties for 3rd Party/Independent Candidates

[Governor PiT]

http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/11/11/best-county-in-nation-for-some-minor-party-independent-presidential-candidates-identified/


Best Counties in Nation for Some Minor Party, Independent Presidential Candidates Identified
Ballot Access News

From preliminary election returns, it appears that these are the best counties for five particular presidential candidates:

Nader: Morgan County, Tennessee 5.2%
Barr: Esmeralda County, Nevada, 2.7%
Baldwin: Millard County, Utah, 5.6%
McKinney: either St. Bernard or LaFourche Parish, both in Louisiana, each 1.1%
Brian Moore: Essex County, Vermont, 2.1%

Thanks to Jack Ross for doing the laborious job of checking all the counties; also thanks to David Leip of the US Election Atlas. Of course when the returns are final, these may change. For the major parties, McCain’s best county is King County, Texas, at 93.2%; Obama’s best jurisdiction is Washington, D.C., which gave him a higher percentage than any county in any state, 92.9%. Aside from D.C., Obama’s best county is Prince Georges County, Maryland, 89.1%.

[Nixon in '80]

Bob Barr is a massive failure, end of story.

[Brandon H]

I'd still like to know how McKinney did so well in St. Bernard and Lafourche Parishes.

[Meeker]

I didn't realize Essex County was such a Socialist hotbed.

[Ronnie]

I didn't realize Essex County was such a Socialist hotbed.

All of Vermont is a socialist hotbed.  Look at the percentage Bernie Sanders got.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I didn't realize Essex County was such a Socialist hotbed.

All of Vermont is a socialist hotbed.  Look at the percentage Bernie Sanders got.

What a state Vermont is. It is the only state to vote against FDR 4 times and now it's in love with the policies he advocated.

[Ronnie]

I didn't realize Essex County was such a Socialist hotbed.

All of Vermont is a socialist hotbed.  Look at the percentage Bernie Sanders got.

What a state Vermont is. It is the only state to vote against FDR 4 times and now it's in love with the policies he advocated.

Actually Maine supported the Republican in all 4 elections as well.

[Workers' Friend]

I didn't realize Essex County was such a Socialist hotbed.

All of Vermont is a socialist hotbed.  Look at the percentage Bernie Sanders got.

What a state Vermont is. It is the only state to vote against FDR 4 times and now it's in love with the policies he advocated.

That is odd, I agree.

[Meeker]

What's odd about Essex being the county that he did the best in though is that Essex is the most Republican county in the state... the Atlas says Moore only got 0.06% there though, so I think the original article posted is in error.

[danny]

I didn't realize Essex County was such a Socialist hotbed.

All of Vermont is a socialist hotbed.  Look at the percentage Bernie Sanders got.

What a state Vermont is. It is the only state to vote against FDR 4 times and now it's in love with the policies he advocated.

That is odd, I agree.

Not really, once you account for the population changes that occurred between these times

[DownWithTheLeft]

I didn't realize Essex County was such a Socialist hotbed.

Isn't the one county that consistently goes GOP??

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I didn't realize Essex County was such a Socialist hotbed.

Isn't the one county that consistently goes GOP??

Yep, it was the only one that voted for Bush in 2004. But Obama won it this year.

[Daniel Adams]

I didn't realize Essex County was such a Socialist hotbed.

Isn't the one county that consistently goes GOP??

Yep, it was the only one that voted for Bush in 2004. But Obama won it this year.

Obama even won Granby, erstwhile the most Republican town in Vermont, with 60%.

[minionofmidas]

I didn't realize Essex County was such a Socialist hotbed.

All of Vermont is a socialist hotbed.  Look at the percentage Bernie Sanders got.

What a state Vermont is. It is the only state to vote against FDR 4 times and now it's in love with the policies he advocated.

They didn't vote against him over *policies*.

[Psychic Octopus]

All of Vermont Is a socialist hotbed. BERNIE SANDERS

[Holmes]

I didn't realize Essex County was such a Socialist hotbed.

Isn't the one county that consistently goes GOP??

Yep, it was the only one that voted for Bush in 2004. But Obama won it this year.

Obama even won Granby, erstwhile the most Republican town in Vermont, with 60%.

The most Republican town in Vermont probably is only 40% GOP...