Bellweather States and Counties

[NoBushSpokenHere]

Ohio has two bell weather counties, Stark and Hocking, what bell weather counties or cities are in your states?

[XemaSab]

1. Depends on what you mean by bellwether

but I'd say Sacramento is not a bad county to look to as far as political currents go in the state. It's sometimes red, sometimes blue, has a large working class, but also a lot of college-educated folks. It's where the West meets the Midwest. :)

[InsultComicDog]

2. It's tough to project

I mean, here in PA, for a general election, watch the Philly suburbs.

But in a Barack vs. Hillary matchup, I don't see where to even look for a trend.

[scheming daemons]

3. In PA....

Allegheny County (Pittsburgh) - because it is about a 50/50 mix of Democrat and Republican... with the suburbs being largely Republican and the city being largely Democrat. The winner of Allegheny County usually wins PA in the general election.


Philadelphia suburbs - Relatively moderate... will usually coincide with the winner.