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Nichlemn
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« on: April 27, 2014, 10:13:22 PM »
What is the biggest swing for any county in consecutive Presidential elections that you can find? Try not to use results that involve a high third party vote.
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« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2014, 11:25:20 PM »
I've got a feeling there might be something around the mid 19th century with a very strong home state/county effect. For instance, in 1832, TN went 95% Democratic with Jackson, then Van Buren lost it with only 42% of the vote to 58% for the Whig. Though perhaps it's marginal when the Whigs didn't technically exist in 1832.
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« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2014, 11:26:25 PM »
« Edited: April 28, 2014, 12:31:15 AM by Nichlemn »
MS from 1960-1964 is a tricky case depending on how you see the unpledged electors.
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« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2014, 10:49:38 PM »

Seems plausible, there was a swing of 42 points (!) from McGovern to Carter, and all counties R to all counties D. I wonder if that's ever occurred before (for a state with a reasonable number of counties)?
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