McGovern 72 - Trump 16 Counties

[christian peralta]

Here's all of the counties that voted for both George McGovern in 1972 and Donald Trump in 2016

Cottle, Texas
Grays Harbor, Washington
Pacific, Washington
Androscoggin, Maine
Sierra, California
Shasta, California
Plumas, California
Greenlee, Arizona
Elliott, Kentucky
West Feliciana, Louisiana
Delta, Michigan
Lake, Michigan
Red Lake, Minnesota
Mahnomen, Minnesota
Itasca, Minnesota
Morrison, Minnesota
Traverse, Minnesota
Big Stone, Minnesota
Lincoln, Minnesota
Nobles, Minnesota
Lac qui Parle, Minnesota
Mower, Minnesota
Stevens, Minnesota
Pope, Minnesota
Grant, Minnesota
Swift, Minnesota
Kandiyohi, Minnesota
Stearns, Minnesota
Columbia, Oregon
Coos, Oregon
Stewart, Tennessee
Houston, Tennessee
Perry, Tennessee
Jackson, Tennessee
Lewis, Tennessee
Logan, West Virginia
Rusk, Wisconsin

[SingingAnalyst]

A LOT in Minnesota.

I believe Gogebic County, MI (bordering on WI) was one as well (and also a Mondale-Trump county). Gogebic was also the only MI county to vote Reagan in the '76 GOP Presidential primary.

Of course, there were many Nixon '72 - Trump '16 counties where Trump did better than Nixon.

[pbrower2a]

Lumber and mining country, I figure. Trump promised huge investments in infrastructure, and the iron miners of northern Minnesota had visions of more employment and even overtime.

[TML]

There are several more in Kentucky:

Breathitt
Carroll
Floyd
Knott
Menifee
Morgan
Wolfe

Here's one in Iowa:

Dubuque

[SingingAnalyst]

There are several more in Kentucky:

Breathitt
Carroll
Floyd
Knott
Menifee
Morgan
Wolfe

Here's one in Iowa:

Dubuque

Dubuque, IA is pretty decent-sized, too. I suspect most of these are small, rural counties.

[°Leprechaun]

Here is a link to the 1972 election.
McGovern didn't win that many counties:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election#General_election