Why do some counties have such randomly high third party percentages? For example, how on earth did Peter Camejo and Thomas Anderson perform so well in 1976 in Buchanan County VA or Ralph Nader in North Central Kansas in 2000. Is it a ballot thing?
Where in Kansas? Nader's strongest counties were Douglas and Riley, locations of KU and K-State.
There could be areas that are so Republican that there is no Democratic party structure. Perot did pretty well in Kansas in 1992, winning several counties.
This is kind of interesting, other than the source (which of course is interesting, but in a different way)
1976 Virginia Vote Fraud Proven
In U.S. Labor Party Study (PDF)Overall, Virginia was by far Camejo's strongest state. I did find a report on the state board of elections web site that gave his party as (S) rather than (SW)
Rappahannock Sample BallotThis sample ballot is pretty odd. There are only parties listed for the presidential race, and minor parties are listed first. In the senate race, Byrd and Perper were independent senate candidates, but were in the Republican row. Zumwalt was the Democratic senate candidate, but is opposite the American row (there was not a Republican senate candidate).
My guess is that it was something to do with ballot layout.
