Large counties vs. small counties

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This is a comparison of the candidates' performances in states in small counties and large counties.  Any county where over 100,000 votes was cast is considered large.

Northeast

Maine (Large)
Obama - 62.21%
McCain - 36.07%
Other - 1.73%

Maine (Small)
Obama - 55.42%
McCain - 43.28%
Other - 1.30%

New Hampshire (Large)
Obama - 50.61%
McCain - 48.08%
Other - 1.31%

New Hampshire (Small)
Obama - 58.00%
McCain - 40.61%
Other - 1.39%

Vermont (All Small)
Obama - 67.46%
McCain - 30.45%
Other - 2.09%

Massachusetts (Large)
Obama - 61.03%
McCain - 36.79%
Other - 2.19%

Massachusetts (Small)
Obama - 72.86%
McCain - 24.57%
Other - 2.57%

Connecticut (Large)
Obama - 61.46%
McCain - 37.46%
Other - 1.08%

Connecticut (Small)
Obama - 56.87%
McCain - 41.45%
Other - 1.68%

Rhode Island (Large)
Obama - 66.02%
McCain - 31.94%
Other - 2.04%

Rhode Island (Small)
Obama - 59.20%
McCain - 38.68%
Other - 2.12%

New York (Large)
Obama - 66.28%
McCain - 32.80%
Other - 0.92%

New York (Small)
Obama - 50.32%
McCain - 47.97%
Other - 1.71%

New Jersey (Large)
Obama - 58.21%
McCain - 40.58%
Other - 1.21%

New Jersey (Small)
McCain - 52.43%
Obama - 45.80%
Other - 1.77%

Pennsylvania (Large)
Obama - 58.76%
McCain - 40.03%
Other - 1.21%

Pennsylvania (Small)
McCain - 55.10%
Obama - 43.09%
Other - 1.81%

Maryland (Large)
Obama - 66.85%
McCain - 31.59%
Other - 1.57%

Maryland (Small)
McCain - 54.89%
Obama - 43.36%
Other - 1.75%

Delaware (Large)
Obama - 69.66%
McCain - 29.07%
Other - 1.26%

Delaware (Small)
McCain - 49.85%
Obama - 49.16%
Other - 0.99%

District of Columbia (All Large)
Obama - 92.46%
McCain - 6.53%
Other - 1.01%

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Southeast (minus Virginia)

West Virginia (All Small)
McCain - 55.60%
Obama - 42.51%
Other - 1.89%

Kentucky (Large)
Obama - 54.39%
McCain - 44.31%
Other - 1.30%

Kentucky (Small)
McCain - 62.05%
Obama - 36.39%
Other - 1.55%

Tennessee (Large)
Obama - 53.32%
McCain - 45.49%
Other - 1.19%

Tennessee (Small)
McCain - 65.25%
Obama - 33.27%
Other - 1.48%

North Carolina (Large)
Obama - 59.15%
McCain - 39.99%
Other - 0.86%

North Carolina (Small)
McCain - 55.79%
Obama - 43.25%
Other - 0.96%

South Carolina (Large)
McCain - 53.89%
Obama - 44.80%
Other - 1.32%

South Carolina (Small)
McCain - 53.86%
Obama - 44.97%
Other - 1.16%

Georgia (Large)
Obama - 59.45%
McCain - 39.58%
Other - 0.98%

Georgia (Small)
McCain - 59.39%
Obama - 39.60%
Other - 1.01%

Florida (Large)
Obama - 53.50%
McCain - 45.56%
Other - 0.94%

Florida (Small)
McCain - 61.74%
Obama - 36.99%
Other - 1.27%

Alabama (Large)
McCain - 49.76%
Obama - 49.44%
Other - 0.80%

Alabama (Small)
McCain - 66.28%
Obama - 32.70%
Other - 1.02%

Mississippi (Large)
Obama - 69.24%
McCain - 30.26%
Other - 0.51%

Mississippi (Small)
McCain - 58.57%
Obama - 40.58%
Other - 0.85%

Louisiana (Large)
McCain - 49.99%
Obama - 48.65%
Other - 1.36%

Louisiana (Small)
McCain - 63.80%
Obama - 34.60%
Other - 1.59%

Arkansas (Large)
Obama - 55.07%
McCain - 43.52%
Other - 1.41%

Arkansas (Small)
McCain - 61.37%
Obama - 36.04%
Other - 2.60%

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West

Washington (Large)
Obama - 60.78%
McCain - 36.89%
Other - 2.33%

Washington (Small)
McCain - 51.29%
Obama - 46.10%
Other - 2.61%

Oregon (Large)
Obama - 62.38%
McCain - 34.94%
Other - 2.68%

Oregon (Small)
McCain - 50.88%
Obama - 45.93%
Other - 3.19%

California (Large)
Obama - 61.84%
McCain - 36.06%
Other - 2.10%

California (Small)
Obama - 50.32%
McCain - 47.06%
Other - 2.62%

Hawaii (Large)
Obama - 69.83%
McCain - 28.74%
Other - 1.44%

Hawaii (Small)
Obama - 76.07%
McCain - 22.08%
Other - 1.85%

Idaho (Large)
McCain - 51.63%
Obama - 45.49%
Other - 2.87%

Idaho (Small)
McCain - 64.84%
Obama - 32.29%
Other - 2.87%

Montana (All Small)
McCain - 49.49%
Obama - 47.11%
Other - 3.40%

Wyoming (All Small)
McCain - 64.78%
Obama - 32.54%
Other - 2.68%

Utah (Large)
McCain - 59.20%
Obama - 37.29%
Other - 3.51%

Utah (Small)
McCain - 68.29%
Obama - 28.16%
Other - 3.55%

Colorado (Large)
Obama - 55.68%
McCain - 42.72%
Other - 1.60%

Colorado (Small)
McCain - 51.57%
Obama - 46.70%
Other - 1.73%

Nevada (Large)
Obama - 57.77%
McCain - 40.16%
Other - 2.07%

Nevada (Small)
McCain - 57.88%
Obama - 39.12%
Other - 3.00%

Arizona (Large)
McCain - 53.22%
Obama - 45.11%

Arizona (Small)
McCain - 54.40%
Obama - 43.71%

New Mexico (Large)
Obama - 60.03%
McCain - 38.67%
Other - 1.30%

New Mexico (Small)
Obama - 55.28%
McCain - 43.42%
Other - 1.31%

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Midwest

Minnesota (Large)
Obama - 59.53%
McCain - 38.56%

Minnesota (Small)
McCain - 50.29%
Obama - 47.34%

Iowa (Large)
Obama - 57.67%
McCain - 40.67%

Iowa (Small)
Obama - 52.91%
McCain - 45.40%

Wisconsin (Large)
Obama - 60.16%
McCain - 38.59%

Wisconsin (Small)
Obama - 53.50%
McCain - 44.87%

Michigan (Large)
Obama - 61.36%
McCain - 36.96%

Michigan (Small)
Obama - 50.22%
McCain - 47.82%

Missouri (Large)
Obama - 57.80%
McCain - 41.05%

Missouri (Small)
McCain - 59.38%
Obama - 38.93%

Illinois (Large)
Obama - 66.74%
McCain - 32.03%

Illinois (Small)
Obama - 49.56%
McCain - 48.63%

Indiana (Large)
Obama - 57.83%
McCain - 41.20%

Indiana (Small)
McCain - 53.10%
Obama - 45.42%

Ohio (Large)
Obama - 57.38%
McCain - 41.04%

Ohio (Small)
McCain - 55.26%
Obama - 42.58%

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Plains

North Dakota (All Small)
McCain - 53.07%
Obama - 44.47%

South Dakota (All Small)
McCain - 53.16%
Obama - 44.75%

Nebraska (Large)
Obama - 51.54%
McCain - 46.78%

Nebraska (Small)
McCain - 64.26%
Obama - 33.72%

Kansas (Large)
McCain - 54.29%
Obama - 43.82%

Kansas (Small)
McCain - 57.88%
Obama - 40.15%

Oklahoma (Large)
McCain - 60.52%
Obama - 39.48%

Oklahoma (Small)
McCain - 69.61%
Obama - 30.39%

Texas (Large)
Obama - 49.64%
McCain - 49.32%

Texas (Small)
McCain - 66.06%
Obama - 33.06%

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List of counties where over 100,000 votes were cast (in order of which state had the highest proportion of statewide votes coming from said counties)*

District of Columbia - 100%
Massachusetts (Barnstable, Bristol, Essex, Hampden, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, Worcester) - 93.48%
California (Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Kern, Los Angeles, Marin, Monterey, Orange, Placer, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francis, San Joaquin, Sain Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Tulare, Ventura) - 92.25%
New Jersey (Atlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Essex, Gloucester, Hudson, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Union) - 91.38%
Nevada (Clark, Washoe) - 85.92%
Arizona (Maricopa, Pima, Pinal, Yavapai) - 85.59%
Florida (Alachua, Brevard, Broward, Collier, Duval, Escambia, Hillsborough, Lake, Lee, Leon, Manatee, Marion, Miami-Dade, Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, St. Johns, St. Lucie, Sarasota, Seminole, Volusia) - 84.31%
Connecticut (Fairfield, Hartford, New Haven, New London) - 81.02%
Maryland (Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Frederick, Harford, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's, Baltimore City) - 79.02%
New York (Suffolk, Nassau, Kings, Queens, New York, Bronx, Richmond, Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Dutchess, Albany, Saratoga, Onondaga, Monroe, Erie) - 78.73%
Colorado (Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Denver, Douglas, El Paso, Jefferson, Larimer, Weld) - 77.55%
Washington (Clark, King, Kitsap, Pierce, Snohomish, Spokane, Thurston, Whatcom) - 76.58%
Pennsylvania (Allegheny, Berks, Bucks, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Erie, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lehigh, Luzerne, Montgomery, Northampton, Philadelphia, Westmoreland) - 72.62%
Illinois (Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, Madison, St. Clair, Sangamon, Will, Winnebago) - 71.58%
Hawaii (Honolulu) - 67.64%
Utah (Davis, Salt Lake, Utah) - 66.39%
Oregon (Clackamas, Jackson, Lane, Marion, Multnomah, Washington) - 65.74%
Michigan (Genesee, Ingham, Kalamazoo, Kent, Macomb, Oakland, Saginaw, Washtenaw, Wayne) - 63.85%
Texas (Bexar, Brazoria, Collin, Dallas, Denton, El Paso, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Hidalgo, Montgomery, Nueces, Tarrant, Travis, Williamson) - 63.76%
Delaware (New Castle) - 62.19%
Ohio (Butler, Cuyahoga, Franklin, Hamilton, Lake, Lorain, Lucas, Mahoning, Montgomery, Stark, Summit, Trumbull, Warren) - 59.49%
Minnesota (Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, St. Louis, Washington) - 55.14%
Missouri (Clay, Greene, Jackson, Jefferson, St. Charles, St. Louis, St. Louis City) - 54.62%
Rhode Island (Providence) - 53.76%
New Hampshire (Hillsborough, Rockingham) - 52.40%
Nebraska (Douglas, Lancaster) - 44.20%
Oklahoma (Cleveland, Oklahoma, Tulsa) - 43.64%
South Carolina (Charleston, Greenville, Horry, Lexington, Richland, Spartanburg) - 43.35%
Tennessee (Davidson, Hamilton, Knox, Rutherford, Shelby) - 42.50%
Wisconsin (Brown, Dane, Milwaukee, Racine, Waukesha) - 40.77%
North Carolina (Buncombe, Cumberland, Durham, Forsyth, Guilford, Mecklenburg, New Hanover, Wake) - 40.59%
Kansas (Johnson, Sedgwick) - 38.59%
Louisiana (Caddo, East Baton Rouge, Jefferson, Orleans, St. Tammany) - 37.95%
Maine (Cumberland, York) - 37.55%
Georgia (Chatham, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett) - 36.77%
Alabama (Jefferson, Madison, Mobile, Montgomery) - 36.08%
Indiana (Allen, Hamilton, Lake, Marion, St. Joseph) - 35.83%
New Mexico (Bernalillo) - 34.43%
Idaho (Ada) - 27.46%
Kentucky (Fayette, Jefferson) - 26.41%
Iowa (Linn, Polk) - 21.32%
Arkansas (Pulaski) - 14.85%
Mississippi (Hinds) - 8.44%

*Does not include Virginia.

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Are you ever going to do anything with Virginia?

Yeah.  Just have to figure out what I'm doing with the county/city boundaries.

I have no idea what to do with Alaska either.

[Ebowed]

Comparison with 1988:

Hawaii (Large)
Dukakis - 53.13%
Bush - 45.97%

Hawaii (Small)
Dukakis - 57.48%
Bush - 41.31%

Washington (Large)
Dukakis - 51.80%
Bush - 46.76%

Washington (Small)
Bush - 51.18%
Dukakis - 47.24%

Oregon (Large)
Dukakis - 55.33%
Bush - 42.82%

Oregon (Small)
Bush - 50.85%
Dukakis - 46.75%

Idaho (All Small)
Bush - 62.08%
Dukakis - 36.01%

Montana (All Small)
Bush - 52.07%
Dukakis - 46.20%

Wyoming (All Small)
Bush - 60.53%
Dukakis - 38.01%

Utah (Large)
Bush - 59.07%
Dukakis - 38.81%

Utah (Small)
Bush - 71.57%
Dukakis - 26.99%

Nevada (Large)
Bush - 56.37%
Dukakis - 40.86%

Nevada (Small)
Bush - 61.87%
Dukakis - 34.35%

Colorado (Large)
Bush - 52.98%
Dukakis - 45.31%

Colorado (Small)
Bush - 53.17%
Dukakis - 45.25%

Arizona (Large)
Bush - 61.16%
Dukakis - 37.64%

Arizona (Small)
Bush - 55.61%
Dukakis - 42.70%

New Mexico (Large)
Bush - 53.62%
Dukakis - 45.25%

New Mexico (Small)
Bush - 50.99%
Dukakis - 47.72%

California (Large)
Bush - 50.74%
Dukakis - 47.97%

California (Small)
Bush - 54.37%
Dukakis - 44.09%

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Results of States Without Their Largest County

Hawaii (Honolulu Co.)
Obama - 76.07%
McCain - 22.08%

Vermont (Chittenden Co.)
Obama - 66.08%
McCain - 31.76%

Connecticut (Fairfield Co.)
Obama - 61.22%
McCain - 37.44%

Massachusetts (Middlesex Co.)
Obama - 61.13%
McCain - 36.65%

New York (Kings Co.)
Obama - 61.06%
McCain - 37.80%

Maryland (Montgomery Co.)
Obama - 59.98%
McCain - 38.37%

Rhode Island (Providence Co.)
Obama - 59.20%
McCain - 38.68%

California (Los Angeles Co.)
Obama - 58.28%
McCain - 39.53%

New Jersey (Bergen Co.)
Obama - 57.49%
McCain - 41.23%

Maine (Cumberland Co.)
Obama - 55.86%
McCain - 42.17%

New Hampshire (Rockingham Co.)
Obama - 55.31%
McCain - 43.33%

New Mexico (Bernalillo Co.)
Obama - 55.27%
McCain - 43.41%

Wisconsin (Milwaukee Co.)
Obama - 54.12%
McCain - 44.37%

Michigan (Wayne Co.)
Obama - 53.72%
McCain - 44.41%

Colorado (Jefferson Co.)
Obama - 53.67%
McCain - 44.72%

Iowa (Polk Co.)
Obama - 53.52%
McCain - 44.81%

Illinois (Cook Co.)
Obama - 52.80%
McCain - 45.52%

Washington (King Co.)
Obama - 51.84%
McCain - 45.59%

Oregon (Multnomah Co.)
Obama - 51.78%
McCain - 45.33%

Virginia (Fairfax Co.)
Obama - 51.42%
McCain - 47.52%

Minnesota (Hennepin Co.)
Obama - 51.30%
McCain - 46.49%

Pennsylvania (Philadelphia Co.)
Obama - 50.60%
McCain - 47.92%

Florida (Miami-Dade Co.)
Obama - 50.12%
McCain - 48.83%

Ohio (Cuyahoga Co.)
Obama - 49.10%
McCain - 49.02%

Montana (Yellowstone Co.)
McCain - 49.14%
Obama - 47.41%

Nevada (Clark Co.)
McCain - 49.18%
Obama - 48.31%

Delaware (New Castle Co.)
McCain - 49.85%
Obama - 49.16%

North Carolina (Wake Co.)
McCain - 50.19%
Obama - 48.90%

Indiana (Marion Co.)
McCain - 50.99%
Obama - 47.66%

Missouri (St. Louis Co.)
McCain - 51.67%
Obama - 46.80%

Arizona (Maricopa Co.)
McCain - 51.87%
Obama - 46.39%

South Carolina (Greenville Co.)
McCain - 53.08%
Obama - 45.75%

South Dakota (Minnehaha Co.)
McCain - 54.34%
Obama - 43.49%

Georgia (Fulton Co.)
McCain - 54.41%
Obama - 44.58%

North Dakota (Cass Co.)
McCain - 55.44%
Obama - 42.20%

West Virginia (Kanawha Co.)
McCain - 56.41%
Obama - 41.66%

Texas (Harris Co.)
McCain - 56.50%
Obama - 42.48%

Kansas (Johnson Co.)
McCain - 57.33%
Obama - 40.63%

Mississippi (Hinds Co.)
McCain - 58.57%
Obama - 40.58%

Louisiana (East Baton Rouge Pa.)
McCain - 59.71%
Obama - 38.75%

Nebraska (Douglas Co.)
McCain - 60.34%
Obama - 37.68%

Kentucky (Jefferson Co.)
McCain - 60.74%
Obama - 37.72%

Tennessee (Shelby Co.)
McCain - 60.69%
Obama - 37.82%

Arkansas (Pulaski Co.)
McCain - 61.37%
Obama - 36.04%

Alabama (Jefferson Co.)
McCain - 62.69%
Obama - 36.34%

Idaho (Ada Co.)
McCain - 64.83%
Obama - 32.28%

Wyoming (Laramie Co.)
McCain - 65.91%
Obama - 31.35%

Oklahoma (Oklahoma Co.)
McCain - 67.35%
Obama - 32.65%

Utah (Salt Lake Co.)
McCain - 71.07%
Obama - 25.54%