Most of the counties with "strange" histories (Elliott, KY; Cottle, TX; Franklin, GA; etc.) went for Trump in 2016, usually by crushing margins.
I find Cottle County's development very interesting. When is it going to vote >100%?
Cottle is basically just generational turnover of formerly isolated rural Dems. The interesting thing going forward will be whether Clinton 2016 was the floor for rural Dems in general or if the trend will only keep going.
Yea I remember after seeing Obama getting blow out in Appalachia and other parts of rural America in 2008, I thought there was no way he or any Democrat could do worse in the future.
