Top Dem and Rep results, by state

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Nevada

Most Rep is more confusing (as usual):

2004...does anybody have a pocket calculator handy? Elko and Lander both weigh in at 78.0%
Elko 11938/15309
Lander 1602/2053
Whatever is the slightly higher number.

Lander is 78.03%
Elko is 77.98%

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2000- Kosciusko

Anyone know if thats the same Kosciusko as the one the mountain is named after here in Australia?

Yes.  Taduesz Kosciuszko (English Thaddeus Kosciusko) like the Marquis de La Fayette, Casimir Pulaski, and Baron von Steuben, was a young European who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, and rose to high rank and importance.  Indiana has not only a Kosciuszko County, but Steuben and Pulaski counties, and the city of Lafayette.

After the American Revolution, Kosciuszko returned to Poland where he led the uprising against the Prussians and Russians.  The mountain in Australia was named by the Polish explorer Paul Strzelecki.

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Georgia

Now, this part:

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needless to say piqued my interest...

Long County GA
located in the Southeastern portion of the state
population 10,800 in 2000
6,200 in 1990
4,500 in 1980
65% non-hispanic White, 24% Black, 8% Hispanic in 2000, 22% Black, 3% Hispanic in 1990. Very young (and growing younger) population. More or less average income, average rate of highschool dropouts among adult populace, but VERY low rate of college graduates (5.7% of the adult population).
This doesn't really help us...it means that whatever was special about Long county once is getting et up by Savannah exurbia now.

Election results:
1960 Nixon 76% Kennedy 24% (while Kennedy easily won the state) 1176 votes
1964 Johnson 84% Goldwater 16% (while Goldwater easily won the state) 1582 votes
WHY?WHY?WHY? Old Unionist enclave or wtf? At first I thought it might have been Blacks already voting in 1960 (and forming a majority of the population) but I've dismissed that idea now.
1968 Wallace 59% Humphrey 32% Nixon 9% (Nixon very weak, Wallace and Humphrey both overaverage, but this is not out of the ordinary really) 1767 votes
1972 Nixon 76% McGovern 24% (basically in line with Georgia state result, but:) exactly 1000 votes. Note the decline.
1976 Carter 73% Ford 27% or a few points more Dem than the state, a pattern that returns from 1984 to 1996. 1465 votes
1980 Carter 69% Reagan 30% 1741 votes (very strong Dem, but not that unusual in Georgia)
1984 Reagan 57% Mondale 43% 1915 votes
1988 Reagan 55% Dukakis 44% 1551 votes - another big drop
1992 Clinton 45% Dole 37% Perot 18% 1957 votes
1996 Clinton 48% Dole 40% Perot 12% 1972 votes
2000 Bush 57% Gore 42% 2314 votes, a new record although still representing very low turnout. Result more or less in line with state result
2004 you should be able to guess it from what you've heard about what kind of place Bush's MoV came from...
Bush 66% Kerry 34% 3039 votes.

Suburban Fort Stewart.  Hinesville in neighboring Liberty County is the main off-base town, and it appears to be relatively populated southward along US 84 into Long County.  Ft Stewart also includes the northern corner of Long County and there appears to be some off-base population in the adjacent area.

The second tier counties have had some population increases in the past few decades that suggest perhaps retirees who can't afford the sea islands.

I think the 1960 result may be a data error.  Compare the turnout in 1956 to 1960.

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Florida
Most Dem
1960 Baker
Most Rep
2004 Baker
Went from most Dem to most Rep, that one - although, looking at the 1960 Florida map, the surprising thing is it didn't happen soone.r

There is probably a suburban effect from Jax as well.

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Oklahoma

Dig this: In the last eight elections, eight different counties produced the Dems' top results.

Most Dem
1960 Love
1964-72 Jefferson
76 Atoka
80 Bryan
84 Hughes
88 Jefferson
92 Haskell
96 Choctaw
00 Okmulgee
04 McIntosh

All in Little Dixie except Okmulgee.  I used to live in Tulsa, and it was a remarkable event in the early 1970s when there was at least one registered Republican in every county in the state.  Jefferson may have been the last holdout.

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Whereas the wheat growing areas of the northern part of the state are just like Kansas.  The county seat of Washington is Bartlesville, which was the HQ of Phillips 66, and whose residents are known as Bartians.

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I used to live in El Paso and Loving County is in the same congressional district. If I recall correctly Loving County is totally within one ranch so the entire county is privately owned. I would think many odd things could happen there if that is true.

Well, you must have been living far on the outskirts of El Paso then.

Most of Kenedy County is in the King Ranch, and there was a county west of Wichita Falls that was mostly in one ranch (but this was broken up recently).  The XIT Ranch used to cover several counties in the western Panhandle.

Under the 1990s redistricting, 23 extended into the city of El Paso.  Under the 2001 and 2003 plans this was cut back as the portion of El Paso County in 23 decreased from 58,000 to 28,000.