Bucks County, Pennsylvania

[they don't love you like i love you]

What exactly went on here? Obama did worse than Kerry, pretty unusual for any non-Appalachian county.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

I fully expected Romney to do well in suburban Philadelphia. Bucks (and Chester, where Obama also lost a lot of ground from 2008) is very wealthy. Montgomery County also had a big R swing. Delaware County actually swung Democratic; this is because though the western half of the county is like Chester (mix of wealthy suburbs/wealthy rural areas), the eastern half is basically becoming part of Philadelphia.

[memphis]

One of the whitest metro counties in the country. Less than 4% black. How does that happen?

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

What exactly went on here? Obama did worse than Kerry, pretty unusual for any non-Appalachian county.

Wealthy white suburbanites.  Romney picked these voters up everywhere not affected by Sandy i.e. NY, NJ, CT.  Not much analysis needed for that one. 

[Linus Van Pelt]

This can be a funny county for trends because the Republican outer suburbs are growing while the Democratic industrial towns at the south end of the county are shrinking.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

One of the whitest metro counties in the country. Less than 4% black. How does that happen?

Most blacks that move to the suburbs go to Delaware (to a lesser extent Montgomery). Bucks County was the site of the second Levittown, and so was an early haven of white flight.

[mileslunn]

I think Bucks County is the wealthiest of the Philadelphia suburbs, also it is the whitest too.  If I am not mistaken I believe Obama did worse amongst whites in Pennsylvania than Kerry, the big difference is turnout and share of the electorate amongst non-whites was up from 2004.  Likewise I believe Montgomery County is more middle class while Delaware County has a larger minority population although I suspect Obama probably narrowly won the white vote in both.