Counties providing each party with their biggest raw-vote margins in the various states (Democrats, Alabama-Colorado)

ALABAMA
1888: Wilcox
1892: Dallas
1896: Jefferson
1900: Dallas
1904: Jefferson
1908: Jefferson
1912: Jefferson
1916: Jefferson
1920: Jefferson
1924: Jefferson
1928: Montgomery
1932: Jefferson
1936: Jefferson
1940: Jefferson
1944: Jefferson
1948: n/a
1952: Madison
1956: Lauderdale
1960: Etowah
1964: Macon (unpledged Democratic)
1968: Macon
1972: Greene
1976: Etowah
1980: Colbert
1984: Macon
1988: Macon
1992: Macon
1996: Macon
2000: Macon
2004: Macon
2008: Montgomery
2012: Montgomery
2016: Montgomery
2020: Jefferson

ARIZONA
1912: Maricopa
1916: Cochise
1920: Greenlee
1924: Graham
1928: Graham
1932: Maricopa
1936: Maricopa
1940: Maricopa
1944: Maricopa
1948: Maricopa
1952: Greenlee
1956: Greenlee
1960: Greenlee
1964: Pima
1968: Greenlee
1972: Greenlee
1976: Apache
1980: Greenlee
1984: Apache
1988: Apache
1992: Pima
1996: Pima
2000: Pima
2004: Pima
2008: Pima
2012: Pima
2016: Pima
2020: Pima

ARKANSAS
1892: Benton
1896: Benton
1900: Benton
1904: Phillips
1908: Conway
1912: Pulaski
1916: Pulaski
1920: Pulaski
1924: Pulaski
1928: Pulaski
1932: Pulaski
1936: Pulaski
1940: Pulaski
1944: Pulaski
1948: Pulaski
1952: Ouachita
1956: Jackson
1960: Pulaski
1964: Ouachita
1968: Pulaski
1972: n/a
1976: Pulaski
1980: Jefferson
1984: Jefferson
1988: Jefferson
1992: Pulaski
1996: Pulaski
2000: Pulaski
2004: Pulaski
2008: Pulaski
2012: Pulaski
2016: Pulaski
2020: Pulaski

CALIFORNIA
1880: San Francisco
1884: Colusa
1888: San Francisco
1892: San Francisco
1896: Tulare
1900: Tulare
1904: Mariposa
1908: Colusa
1912: San Francisco
1916: San Francisco
1920: n/a
1924: n/a
1928: San Francisco
1932: Los Angeles
1936: Los Angeles
1940: Los Angeles
1944: Los Angeles
1948: Sacramento
1952: Solano
1956: Fresno
1960: Alameda
1964: Los Angeles
1968: San Francisco
1972: Alameda
1976: Alameda
1980: San Francisco
1984: San Francisco
1988: Alameda
1992: Los Angeles
1996: Los Angeles
2000: Los Angeles
2004: Los Angeles
2008: Los Angeles
2012: Los Angeles
2016: Los Angeles
2020: Los Angeles

COLORADO
1880: Las Animas
1884: Las Animas
1888: Las Animas
1892: n/a (not on ballot)
1896: Arapahoe
1900: Arapahoe
1904: Mineral
1908: Denver
1912: Denver
1916: Denver
1920: n/a
1924: La Plata
1928: Las Animas
1932: Denver
1936: Denver
1940: Denver
1944: Pueblo
1948: Denver
1952: Las Animas
1956: Costilla
1960: Pueblo
1964: Denver
1968: Denver
1972: Pitkin
1976: Pueblo
1980: Las Animas
1984: Denver
1988: Denver
1992: Denver
1996: Denver
2000: Denver
2004: Denver
2008: Denver
2012: Denver
2016: Denver
2020: Denver

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

County flips from 1920 on

In this post, we'll look at the counties that switched from each major party to the other in every election from 1920 on (as well as a few earlier elections). In some cases, there is a source that gives the number of counties, in which case I link to the source. In some cases, I deduce the number of counties that one of the nominees flipped, from the number that the other nominee flipped and from the number of counties each party carried in the previous election (the figures for which are here ). These can be slightly (hopefully only slightly) off for a variety of reasons, so in these cases, the figure is preceded by a tilde. In cases where I count the counties myself, my principal source is the Crystal Ball database linked here (although I correct for any errors I spot, of which there are a non-trivial number; Wikipedia takes precedence but is not practical to use simply to count turnover counties in a given election).  We'll look at the percentages of each party's counti...
Read more

Elections in which the last never-Republican counties voted Republican in every state

There are now only two counties in the United States that have never voted Republican for president: Jim Hogg and Brooks Counties, Texas. These are the elections in which the last county, or last counties, never to have voted Republican in every state, voted Republican for the first time. Many states continued to have new counties created through the late 19th and/or early 20th centuries, and in many cases, new counties' first vote, or even first number of votes, were Democratic. However, unless one of these counties' initial Democratic voting streaks was longer than that of the county in the state that had previously been the most longstandingly never-Republican from that county's founding, I count this state as having ceased to have any 'never-Republican' counties when this second-mentioned county first voted Republican. In case that was complicated, here's an example: I count Kansas as not having had any 'never-Republican' counties in 1872. In 1872, ...
Read more

The popular vote on election night

It seems that it was in 2004 that networks began posting the popular vote as a regularly recurring feature on their graphics. (I am taking all the networks--ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC--as essentially equally reliable.) Times are Eastern. 2004 Bush 30,086,416 [ 51% ], Kerry 28,166,463 [ 48% ] [ CNN ] [before the 11 PM poll closings] Bush 33,044,406 [ 51% ], Kerry 31,205,991 [ 48% ] [ CNN ] [after the 11 PM poll closings] Bush 36,699,167 [ 51% ], Kerry 34,772,694 [ 48% ] [ CNN ] Bush 38,507,196 [ 51% ], Kerry 36,445,392 [ 48% ] [ CNN ] Bush 41,076,201 [ 51% ], Kerry 38,572,829 [ 48% ] [ CNN ] Bush 43,072,551 [ 51% ], Kerry 40,433,228 [ 48% ] [ CNN ] Bush 44,926,339 [ 51% ], Kerry 42,106,133 [ 48% ] [ CNN ] Bush 46,578,994 [ 51% ], Kerry 43,490,962 [ 48% ] [ CNN ] Bush 48,157,684 [ 51% ], Kerry 44,812,454 [ 48% ] [ CNN ] Bush 49,200,728 [ 51% ], Kerry 45,784,980 [ 48% ] [ CNN ] Bush 50,285,850 [ 51% ], Kerry 46,889,609 [ 48% ] [ CNN ] Bush 51,414,770 [...
Read more