How has your county voted in previous presidential elections?

[ElectionsGuy]

You can see county maps for virtually all presidential elections (even going back to 1820) on Wikipedia pages for each presidential election. I live in Waukesha County, WI. What's funny is it didn't even start becoming to the right of the state or the country until the 50's and 60's, and for a period of time before the 20th century, it was more democratic than the state. Washington and Ozaukee counties were actually the most democratic. Of course today these three counties make up the geographic core of republican support in Wisconsin. Its very interesting stuff when you look at counties from elections over 100 years ago, and you see, for example, that south central Kentucky and eastern Tennessee were republican bastions in the south and they still vote that way now. Anyway...

1848: <50% Van Buren
1852: >40% Pierce
1856: >50% Fremont
1860: >50% Lincoln
1864: >50% McClellan
1868: >50% Seymour
1872: >50% Greeley
1876: >50% Tilden
1880: >50% Garfield
1884: >40% Cleveland
1888: >50% Harrison
1892: >40% Cleveland
1896: >60% McKinley
1900: >60% McKinley
1904: >60% Roosevelt
1908: >50% Taft
1912: >40% Wilson
1916: >50% Wilson
1920: >70% Harding
1924: >40% Coolidge
1928: >60% Hoover
1932: >50% Roosevelt
1936: >50% Roosevelt
1940: >50% Willkie
1944: >50% Dewey
1948: >50% Dewey
1952: >60% Eisenhower
1956: >60% Eisenhower
1960: 58% Nixon
1964: 53% Johnson
1968: 55% Nixon
1972: 61% Nixon
1976: 58% Ford
1980: 58% Reagan
1984: 66% Reagan
1988: 61% Bush
1992: 51% Bush
1996: 55% Dole
2000: 65% Bush
2004: 67% Bush
2008: 62% McCain
2012: 67% Romney
2016: 60% Trump

30 Republican
12 Democrat
1 Other

[Adam Griffin]

Whitfield, GA:

1848: >50% Cass
1852: >60% Pierce
1856: >50% Buchanan
1860: >50% Breckinridge
1861: >90% Davis
1868: >50% Seymour
1872: >50% Greeley
1876: >70% Tilden
1880: >80% Hancock
1884: >60% Cleveland
1888: >60% Cleveland
1892: >60% Cleveland
1896: >60% Bryan
1900: >50% Bryan
1904: >40% Parker
1908: >50% Taft
1912: >50% Wilson
1916: >60% Wilson
1920: >50% Harding
1924: >60% Davis
1928: >40% Hoover
1932: >80% Roosevelt
1936: >70% Roosevelt
1940: >70% Roosevelt
1944: >70% Roosevelt
1948: >70% Truman
1952: >60% Stevenson
1956: >50% Stevenson
1960: >50% Nixon
1964: >60% Johnson
1968: >40% Nixon
1972: >80% Nixon
1976: >70% Carter
1980: >50% Carter
1984: >60% Reagan
1988: >70% Bush
1992: >50% Bush
1996: >50% Dole
2000: >60% Bush
2004: >70% Bush
2008: >60% McCain
2012: >70% Romney

27 Democrat
14 Republican
1 Other

[Pessimistic Antineutrino]

Essex, NJ

Pre 1820: No popular vote
1820: 100% Monroe
1824: >40% Crawford
1828: >50% Adams
1832: >50% Clay
1836: >50% Harrison
1840: >60% Harrison
1844: >50% Polk
1848: >60% Taylor
1852: >50% Scott
1856: >50% Buchanan
1860: >50% Democratic Fusion (Douglas)
1864: >50% Lincoln
1868: >50% Grant
1872: >50% Grant
1876: >50% Hayes
1880: >50% Garfield
1884: >40% Blaine
1888: <50% Harrison
1892: >50% Cleveland
1896: >60% McKinley
1900: >60% McKinley
1904: >60% Roosevelt
1908: >60% Taft
1912: <50% Roosevelt
1916: >50% Hughes
1920: >70% Harding
1924: >60% Coolidge
1928: >50% Hoover
1932: >50% Hoover
1936: >50% Roosevelt
1940: >50% Willkie
1944: >40% Dewey
1948: <50% Dewey
1952: >50% Eisenhower
1956: >60% Eisenhower
1960: >50% Kennedy
1964: >60% Johnson
1968: >50% Humphrey
1972: >50% Nixon
1976: >50% Carter
1980: >50% Carter
1984: >50% Mondale
1988: >50% Dukakis
1992: >50% Clinton
1996: >60% Clinton
2000: >70% Gore
2004: >70% Kerry
2008: >70% Obama
2012: >70% Obama

2 Democratic-Republican
1 National Republican
5 Whig
18 Democrat
22 Republican
1 Progressive

[CapoteMonster]

Santa Clara County, CA

D from 1988-2012, R From 1972-1984, and went for the winner of the election every year from 1920-1968 with the exceptions of 68 and 48. Santa Clara County would've swung left IMO even without it's growing minority population due to the GOP's swing towards social conservatism. Heck, Carter's religous talk probably scared the county into voting for Ford in 76.

2012   27.2% 174,843   70.2% 450,817O 2.5% 16,290
2008   28.6% 190,039   69.5% 462,241   1.8% 12,255
2004   34.6% 209,094   63.9% 386,100   1.4% 8,622
2000   34.4% 188,750   60.7% 332,490   4.9% 26,889
1996   32.2% 168,291   56.9% 297,639   11.0% 57,361
1992   28.4% 170,870   49.2% 296,265   22.4% 134,920
1988   47.0% 254,442   51.3% 277,810   1.7% 9,276
1984   54.8% 288,638   43.7% 229,865   1.5% 8,136
1980   48.0% 229,048   35.0% 166,995   17.0% 80,960
1976   49.5% 219,188   46.9% 208,023   3.6% 15,927
1972   51.9% 237,334   45.6% 208,506   2.5% 11,453
1968   45.6% 163,446   48.4% 173,511   6.0% 21,410
1964   36.6% 117,420   63.1% 202,249   0.3% 858
1960   52.7% 131,735   47.1% 117,667   0.3% 690
1956   59.1% 105,657   40.6% 72,528   0.4% 633
1952   59.7% 91,940   39.7% 61,035   0.6% 932
1948   53.3% 52,982   42.1% 41,905   4.6% 4,615
1944   47.0% 39,409   52.4% 43,869   0.6% 499
1940   49.2% 40,100   49.6% 40,449   1.2% 947
1936   40.4% 26,498   58.5% 38,346   1.1% 732
1932   47.5% 27,353   49.1% 28,272   3.3% 1,906
1928   63.8% 31,710   35.4% 17,589   0.8% 395
1924   58.0% 20,056   7.4% 2,560   34.6% 11,952
1920   68.1% 19,565   22.6% 6,485   9.1% 2,682

[Flake]

Lake County, Florida

1888: >50% Cleveland
1892: >90% Cleveland
1896: >60% Bryan
1900: >70% Bryan
1904: >60% Parker
1908: >50% Bryan
1912: >70% Wilson
1916: >60% Wilson
1920: >50% Cox
1924: >50% Davis
1928: >60% Hoover
1932: >50% Roosevelt
1936: >60% Roosevelt
1940: >60% Roosevelt
1944: >50% Roosevelt
1948: >40% Dewey
1952: >70% Eisenhower
1956: >70% Eisenhower
1960: >60% Nixon
1964: >60% Goldwater
1968: >40% Nixon
1972: >80% Nixon
1976: >50% Ford
1980: >70% Reagan
1984: >70% Reagan
1988: >60% Bush
1992: >40% Bush
1996: >40% Dole
2000: >50% Bush
2004: >60% Bush
2008: >50% McCain
2012: >50% Romney

14 Democratic Votes
18 Republican Votes

[JRP1994]

Monroe County, Georgia

1960: 74% Kennedy
1964: 51% Goldwater
1968: 44% Wallace
1972: 73% Nixon
1976: 73% Carter
1980: 66% Carter
1984: 53% Reagan
1988: 56% Bush
1992: 45% Clinton
1996: 48% Dole
2000: 60% Bush
2004: 67% Bush
2008: 65% McCain
2012: 68% Romney

[TNF]

Marshall County, KY

1844: James Polk (Democratic)
1848: Lewis Cass (Democratic)
1852: Franklin Pierce (Democratic)
1856: James Buchanan (Democratic)
1860: John Breckinridge (Southern Democratic)
1864: Abraham Lincoln (National Union)
1868: Horatio Seymour (Democratic)
1872: Horace Greeley (Liberal Republican)
1876: Samuel Tilden (Democratic)
1880: Winfield Hancock (Democratic)
1884: Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
1888: Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
1892: Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
1896: William Jennings Bryan (Democratic)
1900: William Jennings Bryan (Democratic)
1904: Alton Parker (Democratic)
1908: William Jennings Bryan (Democratic)
1912: Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
1916: Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
1920: James Cox (Democratic)
1924: John Davis (Democratic)
1928: Al Smith (Democratic)
1932: Franklin Roosevelt (Democratic)
1936: Franklin Roosevelt (Democratic)
1940: Franklin Roosevelt (Democratic)
1944: Franklin Roosevelt (Democratic)
1948: Harry Truman (Democratic)
1952: Adlai Stevenson (Democratic)
1956: Adlai Stevenson (Democratic)
1960: John Kennedy (Democratic)
1964: Lyndon Johnson (Democratic)
1968: Hubert Humphrey (Democratic)
1972: Richard Nixon (Republican)
1976: Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
1980: Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
1984: Walter Mondale (Democratic)
1988: Michael Dukakis (Democratic)
1992: Bill Clinton (Democratic)
1996: Bill Clinton (Democratic)
2000: George W. Bush (Republican)
2004: George W. Bush (Republican)
2008: John McCain (Republican)
2012: Mitt Romney (Republican)

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

1824: Jackson (Democratic)
1828: Jackson (Democratic)
1832: Wirt (Anti-Masonic)
1836: Harrison (Whig)
1840: Harrison (Whig)
1844: Clay (Whig)
1848: Taylor (Whig)
1852: Scott (Whig)
1856: Buchanan (Democratic)
1860: Lincoln (Republican)
1864: Lincoln (Republican)
1868: Grant (Republican)
1872: Grant (Republican)
1876: Hayes (Republican)
1880: Garfield (Republican)
1884: Blaine (Republican)
1888: Harrison (Republican)
1892: Harrison (Republican)
1896: McKinley (Republican)
1900: McKinley (Republican)
1904: Roosevelt (Republican)
1908: Taft (Republican)
1912: Taft (Republican)
1916: Hughes (Republican)
1920: Harding (Republican)
1924: Coolidge (Republican)
1928: Hoover (Republican)
1932: Hoover (Republican)
1936: Landon (Republican)
1940: Willkie (Republican)
1944: Dewey (Republican)
1948: Dewey (Republican)
1952: Eisenhower (Republican)
1956: Eisenhower (Republican)
1960: Nixon (Republican)
1964: Johnson (Democratic)
1968: Nixon (Republican)
1972: Nixon (Republican)
1976: Ford (Republican)
1980: Reagan (Republican)
1984: Reagan (Republican)
1988: Bush (Republican)
1992: Bush (Republican)
1996: Dole (Republican)
2000: Bush (Republican)
2004: Bush (Republican)
2008: McCain (Republican)
2012: Romney (Republican

[IceSpear]

Delaware County, PA:

1960: >50% Nixon
1964: >50% Johnson
1968: >50% Nixon
1972: >60% Nixon
1976: >50% Ford
1980: >50% Reagan
1984: >60% Reagan
1988: >50% Bush
1992: >40% Clinton
1996: >40% Clinton
2000: >50% Gore
2004: >50% Kerry
2008: >60% Obama
2012: >60% Obama

[Clarko95 📚💰📈]

Lake County, Indiana

(3rd party candidates are noted only when they exceed 1%)

1960: 62.8% Kennedy, 37% Nixon
1964: 64.4% Johnson, 35.2% Goldwater
1968: 46.8% Humphrey, 36.5% Nixon, 16.7% Wallace
1972: 56.2% Nixon, 43.1% McGovern (only time post-1928)
1976: 56.7% Carter, 42.4% Ford
1980: 48.8% Carter, 46% Reagan, 5.2% Anderson
1984: 55.1% Mondale, 44.3% Reagan
1988: 56.6% Dukakis, 43% Bush
1992: 55.2% Clinton, 28.9% Bush, 15.9% Perot
1996: 61.2% Clinton, 29.2% Dole, 9.6% Perot
2000: 62% Gore, 36% Bush, 2% Nader
2004: 61.1% Kerry, 38.2% Bush
2008: 66.7% Obama, 32.5% McCain
2012: 64.8% Obama, 33.9% Romney, 1.2% Johnson

[Incipimus iterum]

Ada County, Idaho
1892:Weaver(Pop)
1896:Bryan (D)
1900:Mckinley (R)
1904:Roosevelt(R)
1908:Taft (R)
1912:Roosevelt (Prog)
1916:Hughes (R)
1920:Harding (R)
1924:Coolidge (R)
1928:Hoover (R)
1932:Roosevelt (D)
1936:Roosevelt (D)
1940:Willkie (R)
1944:Dewey (R)
1948:Dewey (R)
1952:Eisenhower (R)
1956:Eisenhower (R)
1960:Nixon (R)
1964:Goldwater (R)
1968:Nixon (R)
1972:Nixon (R)
1976:Ford (R)
1980:Reagan (R)
1984:Reagan (R)
1988:Bush (R)
1992:Bush (R)
1996:Dole (R)
2000:Bush (R)
2004:Bush (R)
2008:McCain (R)
2012:Romney (R)

[MATTROSE94]

Monmouth County, NJ:
1904: Theodore Roosevelt (52.89%)
1908: William Howard Taft (56.29%)
1912: Woodrow Wilson (48.55%)
1916: Charles Evans Hughes (51.46%)
1920: Warren Harding (68.07%)
1924: Calvin Coolidge (65.64%)
1928: Herbert Hoover (65.84%)
1932: Herbert Hoover (52.73%)
1936: Alf Landon (51.33%)
1940: Wendell Willkie (57.73%)
1944: Thomas Dewey (58.66%)
1948: Thomas Dewey (62.22%)
1952: Dwight Eisenhower (66.68%)
1956: Dwight Eisenhower (71.80%)
1960: Richard Nixon (56.49%)
1964: Lyndon Johnson (60.69%)
1968: Richard Nixon (51.22%)
1972: Richard Nixon (65.71%)
1976: Gerald Ford (54.29%)
1980: Ronald Reagan (56.69%)
1984: Ronald Reagan (65.52%)
1988: George H.W. Bush (61.14%)
1992: George H.W. Bush (44.23%)
1996: Bill Clinton (48.37%)
2000: Al Gore (50.15%)
2004: George W. Bush (54.56%)
2008: John McCain (51.19%)
2012: Mitt Romney (51.81%)

[Indy Texas]

...Waukesha County, WI...didn't even start becoming to the right of the state or the country until the 50's and 60's

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_flight

[ElectionsGuy]

...Waukesha County, WI...didn't even start becoming to the right of the state or the country until the 50's and 60's

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_flight

Um... almost every major city in the Midwest has had white flight at one point. By that logic, Oakland County, MI should be right wing, but its not.

[sg0508]

Nassau County, NY....progressed with the rest of the GOP.  It voted GOP every election (outside of the '64 landslide) with the GOP candidate, until '92. Since then, completely Democratic, although the '04, '08, and '12 cycles, were 53-46% for the Democratic candidate.

[GaussLaw]

...Waukesha County, WI...didn't even start becoming to the right of the state or the country until the 50's and 60's

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_flight

Um... almost every major city in the Midwest has had white flight at one point. By that logic, Oakland County, MI should be right wing, but its not.

Yeah, there's something special about the WOW counties that other Northern-Midwestern suburbs just don't have(well, I guess Indy/Cincinatti/Columbus, but they're all further south).

[Mr. Illini]

Nassau County, NY....progressed with the rest of the GOP.  It voted GOP every election (outside of the '64 landslide) with the GOP candidate, until '92. Since then, completely Democratic, although the '04, '08, and '12 cycles, were 53-46% for the Democratic candidate.

Similarly, Lake County IL was once a Republican stronghold, although never as much as its neighbor McHenry. It did go very narrowly for Bush twice (would have gone Gore in '00 without Nader), but has gone comfortably for Obama twice and, like the New York suburbs, isn't expected to turn back in the foreseeable future.

[Sol]

...Waukesha County, WI...didn't even start becoming to the right of the state or the country until the 50's and 60's

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_flight

Um... almost every major city in the Midwest has had white flight at one point. By that logic, Oakland County, MI should be right wing, but its not.

Yeah, there's something special about the WOW counties that other Northern-Midwestern suburbs just don't have(well, I guess Indy/Cincinatti/Columbus, but they're all further south).

Milwaukee is Hypersegregated and traditionally settled by Germans.

[Smash255]

Nassau County, NY....progressed with the rest of the GOP.  It voted GOP every election (outside of the '64 landslide) with the GOP candidate, until '92. Since then, completely Democratic, although the '04, '08, and '12 cycles, were 53-46% for the Democratic candidate.

I'm in Nassau as well.  It swung HEAVILY Democratic during the 90's.  Went from 7 points more Republican than the nation in 1988 to 19 points more Democratic in 2000.  Pulled back quite a bit after that, but has remained a bit more Democratic than the nation.

[Potus]

2012: Mitt wins 59%-38%
2008: McCain wins 52%-45%
2004: Bush wins 56%-43%
2000: Bush wins 56%-41%
1996: Clinton wins
1992: Clinton wins
1988: Bush wins
1984: Reagan wins
1980: Reagan wins
1976: Carter wins
1972: Nixon wins
1968: Nixon wins
1964: Johnson wins
1960: Nixon wins

Really, the only surprising result for me on here is 1960. For years, I have heard stories in my town of how "Jack Kennedy came to town and I shook his hand outside Murphy's Department store!" and he spoke on the courthouse steps. I have heard those stories for years, but Nixon carried Roane County.

We followed the South. Al Gore destroyed the national Democratic Party in West Virginia. They'll never win it again.

[GaussLaw]

2012: Mitt wins 59%-38%
2008: McCain wins 52%-45%
2004: Bush wins 56%-43%
2000: Bush wins 56%-41%
1996: Clinton wins
1992: Clinton wins
1988: Bush wins
1984: Reagan wins
1980: Reagan wins
1976: Carter wins
1972: Nixon wins
1968: Nixon wins
1964: Johnson wins
1960: Nixon wins

Really, the only surprising result for me on here is 1960. For years, I have heard stories in my town of how "Jack Kennedy came to town and I shook his hand outside Murphy's Department store!" and he spoke on the courthouse steps. I have heard those stories for years, but Nixon carried Roane County.

We followed the South. Al Gore destroyed the national Democratic Party in West Virginia. They'll never win it again.

Riley, was it environmentalism that killed it?  Or did other cultural issues come into play?

[Maxwell]

My county hasn't voted Democrat in a long, long time. Even Goldwater won Tulsa County.

2012 - 64% Romney
2008 - 62% McCain
2004 - 64% Bush
2000 - 61% Bush
1996 - >50% Dole
1992 - >40% Bush
1988 - >60% Bush
1984 - >70% Reagan
1980 - >60% Reagan
1976 - >60% Ford
1972 - >70% Nixon
1968 - >50% Nixon
1964 - >50% Goldwater
1960 - >60% Nixon

[Starpaul20]

Warren County, New Jersey:

(My country didn't come into existence until 1824)
1828: Andrew Jackson (Democratic)
1832: Andrew Jackson (Democratic)
1836: Martin Van Buren (Democratic)
1840: Martin Van Buren (Democratic)
1844: Henry Clay (Whig)
1848: Lewis Cass (Democratic)
1852: Franklin Pierce (Democratic)
1856: James Buchanan (Democratic)
1860: Stephen A. Douglas (Democratic)
1864: George B. McClellan (Democratic)
1868: Horatio Seymour (Democratic)
1872: Horace Greeley (Liberal Republican)
1876: Samuel J. Tilden (Democratic)
1880: Winfield S. Hancock (Democratic)
1884: Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
1888: Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
1892: Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
1896: William Jennings Bryan (Democratic)
1900: William Jennings Bryan (Democratic)
1904: Alton B. Parker (Democratic)
1908: William Jennings Bryan (Democratic)
1912: Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
1916: Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
1920: Warren G. Harding (Republican)
1924: Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
1928: Herbert Hoover (Republican)
1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1944: Thomas E. Dewey (Republican)
1948: Thomas E. Dewey (Republican)
1952: Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
1956: Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
1960: Richard Nixon (57.4%)
1964: Lyndon B. Johnson (69.1%)
1968: Richard Nixon (48.1%)
1972: Richard Nixon (65.3%)
1976: Gerald Ford (50.7%)
1980: Ronald Reagan (55.0%)
1984: Ronald Reagan (67.1%)
1988: George H. W. Bush (64.5%)
1992: George H. W. Bush (44.5%)
1996: Bob Dole (45.5%)
2000: George W. Bush (54.3%)
2004: George W. Bush (61.3%)
2008: John McCain (56.0%)
2012: Mitt Romney (56.7%)

[Del Tachi]

Oktibbeha County, Mississippi

1960:  Unpledged Electors >40%
1964:  Goldwater >70%
1968:  Wallace >40
1972:  Nixon >60%
1976:  Ford >50%
1980:  Reagan >40% [1]
1984:  Reagan >50%
1988:  Bush >50%
1992:  Bush >40%
1996:  Dole >40%
2000:  Bush (53.8%)
2004:  Bush (55.7%)
2008:  Obama (49.6%) [1]
2012:  Obama (50.2%)

[1] - Never realized this until now, but it appears that Gerald Ford performed better in Oktibbeha County in 1976 than Reagan did in 1980.  Very few counties in the South seem to have behaved similarly.     

[2] - In 2008, Oktibbeha County represented Obama's smallest margin of victory by actual number of votes over John McCain in any county in the United States.  Obama won by 6 votes.


Not before doing this exercise did I realize that Obama's victory in 2008 was the first time a Democrat had carried Oktibbeha County since 1956.  Also, it appears that Oktibbeha County is full of reluctant Republicans - despite always siding with the GOP until 2008, it failed to give Reagan or Bush more than 60% in the landslide years of 1984 or 1988. 

Republicans have performed better in Oktibbeha County than they have statewide in Mississippi only once - and that was for Gerald Ford in 1976. 

Oktibbeha's "flip" to the Democrats in 2008 is somewhat interesting.  While African-American turnout definitely played a role in this (the county is almost 1/3 Black) I suspect that it had even more to do with well-educated university employees and out-of-state transplants tipping the balance against the GOP.  Thus, I identify Oktibbeha County as an almost textbook example of the Republicans' problems competing against the Obama Coalition - if Republicans can't win some of the most well-educated, cosmopolitan voters in Mississippi then where can they?   2016 will be interesting in Oktibbeha County, but I expect it to be staying Democratic even without Obama on the ticket. 

[DKrol]

Berkshire County, MA

My county was founded in 1685, however I can only find electoral data for 1912 and on.

1912: Taft >40%
1916: Hughes >60%
1920: Harding >70%
1924: Coolidge >70%
1928: Smith >30%
1932: Roosevelt > 40%
1936: Roosevelt > 50%
1940: Roosevelt > 50%
1944: Roosevelt > 40%
1948: Truman > 40%
1952: Eisenhower >50%
1956: Eisenhower > 60%
1960: Kennedy > 50%
1964: Johnson > 70%
1968: Humphrey > 50%
1972: McGovern > 40%
1976: Carter > 60%
1980: Carter > 50%
1984: Reagan >50%
1988: Dukakis > 70%
1992: Clinton > 50%
1996: Clinton > 60%
2000: Gore > 60%
2004: Kerry > 70%
2008: Obama > 70%
2012: Obama > 70%