Counties that have voted Democratic every election since 1960

[69KV]

Just for trivia, or in case you're wondering where to bug out to if the Shrub gets re-(s)elected.... An interesting list:

Massachusetts: Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Bristol (Hampshire County is Amherst, the rest are Boston metro)

New York: Bronx, Queens, Kings (all NYC)

Pennsylvania: Philadelphia

Maryland: Baltimore (city, not county)

D.C. (all)

West Virginia: Logan (rural county in western part of state)

Virginia: Charles City (rural county near Richmond)

Kentucky: Breathitt, Elliott, Floyd, Knott (all rural counties in eastern part of state)

Tennessee: Jackson (rural county in north central part of state)

North Carolina: Orange, Northampton (Orange is Chapel Hill, Northampton is a rural county)

Alabama: Macon (Alabama has a bunch of other counties that would have made the list too if they hadn't gone for the Dixiecrat candidate, Wallace, in 1968.)

Texas: Maverick, Webb, Duval, Zapata, Jim Hogg, Brooks, Starr (all rural counties in far southern part of state)

Michigan: Wayne (Detroit)

Wisconsin: Ashland, Dane, Douglas, Menominee, Milwaukee, Portage (Milwaukee is the city, Dane is Madison, Douglas is Superior, Menominee is entirely a Nat. Amer. reservation)

Minnesota: Carlton, Ithasca, Lake, Ramsey, St. Louis, Swift (Ramsey is Minneapolis/St. Paul, the rest are on the Iron Range in the northeastern part of the state)

Iowa: Dubuque

Missouri: St. Louis (the city, not the county)

North Dakota: Rolette (rural county bordering Canada)

South Dakota: Shannon (Pine Ridge reservation)

Montana: Deer Lodge, Silver Bow (two adjoining counties around Butte/Anaconda - United Mine Workers territory)

New Mexico: San Miguel, Rio Arriba (San Miguel County is the Las Vegas NM region, Rio Arriba is a rural county in the mountains bordering Colorado)

Colorado: Castillo (rural county bordering NM)

Washington: Grays Harbor, Pacific (both on the coast; Grays Harbor is Aberdeen, Pacific is the county immediately to the south)

Oregon: Clatsop, Columbia (both rural and on the coast near Portland. Multnomah County/Portland would have made the list too if not for it going for Nixon in 1960.)

California: Alameda, San Francisco, Yolo (all northern California - S.F. Bay Area)

[DELUSIONAL]

1. Interesting -- esp. the Southern states

We tend to see the South as Red -- but there are pockets of intelligent life -- even in the south.

Northern California would like to split off from Southern CA -- and now I understand why.

For Washington State -- I would have thought that King County (Seattle) would have gone democratic.

[LeftyMom]

3. The California split idea isn't political it's all about water. eom

[DELUSIONAL]

9. true -- Raygun helped steal Northern CA water

water that should flow into the SF bay -- is now shipped South.

[69KV]

4. King County was one I thought would be there

but they went for Reagan in 1980 and 1984, Ford in 1976, and Nixon in 1960 and 1972.

Surprised me too. Same thing with Vermont, entire state used to go Repug in presidential elections.

[Kanary]

2. I think Denver County, Colorado, would be on that list, also.

[69KV]

5. Didn't quite make it

Unfortunately Denver County went for Reagan in 1980 and Nixon in 1972.

The 1972, 1980, and 1984 elections (and 1968 in the deep south) knocked a lot of counties out off the list that otherwise would have made it.

[Kanary]

6. AAAARRRRRRRRGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!

I can't believe Denverites would have voted for RAYGUN creep.....

:mad: :grr: :mad:

Thanks for catching me up to my own history.......

I think......:)

:hi:

Kanary

[blackcat77]

7. What about Lake County, Indiana?

I can't believe they'd EVER vote Republican.

[69KV]

8. Went for Nixon in 72

Lake County almost made the list

Here's the site to check:
http://uselectionatlas.org/USPRESIDENT/

They have county maps for every election going back to 1960 plus numerical results going all the way back to 1892 on edit: correction, 1789.