Top Dem and Rep results, by state

[minionofmidas]

Returning to the Northeast...
Ohio
Most Rep
1960 Fulton
1964 Union
1968 Fulton
1972 Union
1976 Hancock
1980 Putnam
1984 Hancock
1988 Auglaize
1992 Holmes
1996 Warren
2000 Putnam
and more proof that 2004 was just a rerun of 2000
2004 Putnam

2008 got a new winner, Mercer

Most Dem
1960 Mahoning
1964 Belmont
1968 Belmont
1972 Athens
1976 Mahoning
1980 Jefferson
1984 Mahoning
1988 Mahoning
1992 Monroe
1996 Mahoning
2000 Cuyahoga
2004 Cuyahoga

2008 Cuyahoga

[minionofmidas]

Indiana
turned out rather easy.
Most Dem
1960 Lake
1964-72 Dubois
1976, 80 Switzerland
1984- Lake
Most Rep
1960-96 Hamilton
2000- Kosciusko

Still Lake and Kosciusko. Pretty close though.

[minionofmidas]

Illinois
Most Dem
1960 Saint Clair
1964 Saint Clair
1968 Cook
1972 Jackson
1976 Gallatin
1980 Cook
1984 Rock Island
1988 Gallatin
1992 Gallatin
1996 Cook
2000 Cook
2004 Cook

2008 Cook

Most Rep
1960 Ogle
1964 Kendall
1968 Kendall
1972 Kendall
1976 DuPage
1980 Lee
1984 Iroquois
1988 Kendall
1992 Woodford
1996 Wayne
2000 Wayne
2004 Wayne

2008 Effingham

[minionofmidas]

Michigan
Most Dem - Wayne except 1976 and 1984, Gogebic
Most Rep - Missaukee in the 60s, Sanilac in 72, Ottawa ever since

Still Wayne and Ottawa

[minionofmidas]

Renamed the thread again...
Wisconsin
Most Rep
1960-72 Waupaca
1976 Ozaukee
1980, 84 Green Lake
1988-96 Ozaukee
2000- Washington

Most Dem
1960 Iron
Menominee County was created before 1964 and has been the most Democratic county in the state ever since.

Still Washington and Menominee

[minionofmidas]

Minnesota
Most Rep
1960, 64 Martin
1968 Otter Tail
1972, 76 Olmsted
1980-88 Redwood
1992 Wilkin
1996 Redwood
2000- Roseau

2008 new winner: Morrison, in an effective threeway tie with Sibley and Sherburne

Most Dem
1960 Red Lake
1964, 68 Lake
1972 Saint Louis
1976 Red Lake
1980- Saint Louis

2008 new winner: Ramsey

[minionofmidas]

Iowa
Most Dem
1960 Dubuque
1964 Carroll
1968 Dubuque
1972 Johnson
1976-1988 Wapello
1992- Johnson

2008 Johnson

Most Rep
Sioux.

Still Sioux.

[minionofmidas]

Missouri
Most Dem
1960, 64 Monroe
1968, 72 Saint Louis city
1976 Reynolds
1980- Saint Louis City

2008 St Lou city

Most Rep
1960 Ozark
1964-88 Gasconade
1992 Barton
1996 Cape Girardeau
2000- Barton

2008 Barton

[minionofmidas]

ND
Most Dem
1960-80 Rolette
1984 Sioux
1988-96 Rolette
2000- Sioux
Most Rep
1960-92 McIntosh
1996, 2000 Sheridan
2004 Billings

Still Sioux and Billings

[Platypus]

2000- Kosciusko

Anyone know if thats the same Kosciusko as the one the mountain is named after here in Australia?

[minionofmidas]

Probably the Polish politician/general/resistance leader/whatever.
I don't know who you named your mountain for.

[minionofmidas]

SD
Most Dem
Shannon.

Yeah, Shannon.

Most Rep
60 McPherson
64 Campbell
68-80 McPherson
84 Haakon
88 Campbell
92, 96 Haakon
2000, 04 Harding

2008 Haakon

[minionofmidas]

Most Rep
1960-76 Hooker
1980 Banner
1984 Grant
1988 Blaine
1992 McPherson
1996 Hayes
2000 Arthur
2004 Arthur

2008 Grant

Most Dem
Saline except 1960 Greeley, 1980 Lancaster, 2004 Thurston

2008 Thurston

[minionofmidas]

Kansas
Most Rep
1960 Phillips
1964 Clay
1968 Clay
1972 Brown
1976 Russell (hometown of Ford's running mate, Bob Dole)
1980 Wallace
1984 Wallace
1988 Clay
1992 Wallace
1996 Russell (did I mention that it's Bob Dole's hometown?)
2000 Wallace
2004 Stevens

2008 Wallace

Most Dem
1960 Ellis
1964 Ellis
1968 and ever since Wyandotte (KC KS has just earned itself a brownie point for being the only major city I can think of where Bush sr came third in 92)

2008 Wyandotte

[minionofmidas]

Maryland
Most Rep
1960 Garrett
1964 Dorchester
1968-76 Carroll
1980 Garrett
1984 Carroll
1988, 92 Garrett
1996 Carroll
2000, 04 Garrett

2008 Garrett

Most Dem
1960 Saint Mary's (rural Southern Maryland was heavily Catholic back then)
1964- Baltimore city

2008 PG's pulled ahead

[minionofmidas]

Virginia
Most Dem
1960 Nansemond county (now incorporated into Suffolk city)
1964-88 Charles City county
1992- Petersburg city

2008 Petersburg

Most Rep
1960 Harrisonburg city
1964 Henrico county
1968 Rockingham county
1972 Colonial Heights city
1976 Henrico county
1980 Colonial Heights city
1984, 88 Poquoson city
1992, 96 Colonial Heights city
2000 Poquoson city
2004 Colonial Heights city

2008 Scott County

Wallace's best result (I'll give those throughout the Confederacy): Charlotte county

[minionofmidas]

West Virginia
Most Dem
McDowell except 1964 Fayette, 1972 and 76 Logan

2008 Boone

Most Rep
always the aptly named Grant.
still the aptly named Grant.

[minionofmidas]

North Carolina
Most Dem
1960 Martin
64, 68 Northampton
72 Orange
76 Robeson
80 Hoke
84 Northampton
88, 92 Warren
86 Northampton
00 Hertford
04 Durham. Seems like in NC, it's the Dem who can't sit still...

2008 Durham

Most Rep
60-68 Mitchell
72 Avery
76, 80 Mitchell
84 Avery
88, 92 Mitchell
96- Yadkin
Mitchell and Avery are neighboring counties on the Tennesee border (near its NE end).

2008 Yadkin still beats the Beech Mountain (whose Republicanism dates to the Civil War o/c)

[minionofmidas]

South Carolina
Most Dem
1960 Abbeville
1964 Oconee (now a Rep stronghold)
1968, 72 Fairfield
1976 Chesterfield (by this time something like the modern alignment was in place)
1980, 84 Allendale
1988 McCormick
1992- Allendale

2008 Allendale

Most Rep
1960, 64 Clarendon
1968 Richland (now a Dem stronghold)
1972-96 Lexington
2000, 04 Pickens

2008 Pickens

Wallace's best county - Abbeville.

Of course, Deep Southern results have to be seen with a sideglance on turnout, otherwise they won't make sense.
Just for example, here's total votes cast in SC:
1940 100K
1944 103K
1948 142K
1952 341K Eisenhower's Southern Strategy. Dewey had never broken 5% in the state
1956 301K
1960 387K
1964 525K beginnings of Black registration
1968 667K
1972 678K low turnout obscuring registration advances
1976 803K
1980 890K

And Allendale County...
1960 (I'd like to see 1948) 1471 votes
1964 2512 votes
1968 3355 votes
1972 3146 votes
1976 3709 votes

[minionofmidas]

Georgia
Most Dem
1960 Seminole
1964 Long
1968- Hancock, except
the highly unusual 76 election: Banks

2008 Clayton (see also: PG's, MD. Although PG's much larger.)

Most Rep
60 Long
64 Glascock
68 Fannin
72 Dade
76 Dougherty
80-88 Fayette
92, 96 Columbia
00, 04 Forsyth

2008 Glascock. First time since 64 for this tiny white enclave in the Black Belt

Wallace's best result: Echols

Now, this part:

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needless to say piqued my interest...

Long County GA
located in the Southeastern portion of the state
population 10,800 in 2000
6,200 in 1990
4,500 in 1980
65% non-hispanic White, 24% Black, 8% Hispanic in 2000, 22% Black, 3% Hispanic in 1990. Very young (and growing younger) population. More or less average income, average rate of highschool dropouts among adult populace, but VERY low rate of college graduates (5.7% of the adult population).
This doesn't really help us...it means that whatever was special about Long county once is getting et up by Savannah exurbia now.

Election results:
1960 Nixon 76% Kennedy 24% (while Kennedy easily won the state) 1176 votes
1964 Johnson 84% Goldwater 16% (while Goldwater easily won the state) 1582 votes
WHY?WHY?WHY? Old Unionist enclave or wtf? At first I thought it might have been Blacks already voting in 1960 (and forming a majority of the population) but I've dismissed that idea now.
1968 Wallace 59% Humphrey 32% Nixon 9% (Nixon very weak, Wallace and Humphrey both overaverage, but this is not out of the ordinary really) 1767 votes
1972 Nixon 76% McGovern 24% (basically in line with Georgia state result, but:) exactly 1000 votes. Note the decline.
1976 Carter 73% Ford 27% or a few points more Dem than the state, a pattern that returns from 1984 to 1996. 1465 votes
1980 Carter 69% Reagan 30% 1741 votes (very strong Dem, but not that unusual in Georgia)
1984 Reagan 57% Mondale 43% 1915 votes
1988 Reagan 55% Dukakis 44% 1551 votes - another big drop
1992 Clinton 45% Dole 37% Perot 18% 1957 votes
1996 Clinton 48% Dole 40% Perot 12% 1972 votes
2000 Bush 57% Gore 42% 2314 votes, a new record although still representing very low turnout. Result more or less in line with state result
2004 you should be able to guess it from what you've heard about what kind of place Bush's MoV came from...
Bush 66% Kerry 34% 3039 votes.

[minionofmidas]

Florida
Most Dem
1960 Baker
1964 Monroe
1968 Dade
1972 Alachua
1976 Dixie
1980-96 Gadsden
2000 Broward
2004 Gadsden

2008 Gadsden

Most Rep
1960 Lake
1964 Holmes
1968 Sarasota
1972 Holmes (in between, 1968 it was Wallace's best)
1976 Sarasota
1980 Coller
1984 Okaloosa
1988 Okaloosa
1992 Clay
1996 Clay
2000 Okaloosa
2004 Baker
Went from most Dem to most Rep, that one - although, looking at the 1960 Florida map, the surprising thing is it didn't happen soone.r

2008 Holmes. plus ça change...

[Filuwaúrdjan]

West Virginia
Most Dem
McDowell except 1964 Fayette, 1972 and 76 Logan
Most Rep
always the aptly named Grant.

How very predictable... although before the New Deal and the huge UMW organising drive, McDowell was loyally Republican (Logan on the other hand, has always been Democratic. Although it actually voted for Hoover in '28) How things change...

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Dave has Georgia results going back to 1932... and the Democratic vote was as follows:

1956: 80.96
1952: 62.20
1948: 65.69
1944: 71.14
1940: 80.35
1936: 84.96
1932: 95.77

Big leaps in number of votes in 1952 (513 in '48, 1111 in '52).

[minionofmidas]

Dave has Georgia results going back to 1932... and the Democratic vote was as follows:

1956: 80.96
1952: 62.20
1948: 65.69
1944: 71.14
1940: 80.35
1936: 84.96
1932: 95.77

For what? Long County?
If so, makes 1960 look even more mysterious...maybe just an error in the data?
PS: It's a bit too far from Savannah to fall under "exurbia". It does include part of Ft Stewart army base, with the main army town, Hinesville, just over the line in Liberty county. Maybe Hinesville has grown over the county line.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

For what? Long County?

Yep

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It might be an error in the data... but some 1928 results for GA would be nice if anyone could find 'em...