Two-way partisan registration by county, 2015-2016

[smoltchanov]

Switched to GOP
Baker, FL - 78% Romney
Bradford, FL - 70% Romney
Columbia, FL - 68% Romney

mds32 speaks about official party registration, not how the people vote. It was (and partially is) a norm in the South, when vast majority of county residents (in some cases - 80% and above) were registered as Democrats (and elected conservative Democrats for local offices), while voting above 70% Republican in presidential (and, later, Congressional) elections.

[smoltchanov]

Switched to GOP
Baker, FL - 78% Romney
Bradford, FL - 70% Romney
Columbia, FL - 68% Romney

mds32 speaks about official party registration, not how the people vote. It was (and partially is) a norm in the South, when vast majority of county residents (in some cases - 80% and above) were registered as Democrats (and elected conservative Democrats for local offices), while voting above 70% Republican in presidential (and, later, Congressional) elections.

Um, yes. I was adding the voting records to highlight that point.

Oh, yes, there are lots of such examples)))

[smoltchanov]

Lafayette became Republican territory long ago. Registration finally caught up....

[smoltchanov]

^ Again - not simply conservative, but extremely conservative parish: less then 20% Obama in 2012. Not surprising: southern whites finally bothering to register the way they vote since 1960th....

[smoltchanov]

^ South-western Louisiana (Cajun country and nearby parishes) was one of the last relatively "loyal" to national party areas, despite being very conservative socially. But, as Karl Marx formulated, "quantitative change gradually lead to qualitative". May be this year presidential campaign played role too: Hillary is still much less popular in the South then Bill was (though more then Obama by simply being not Black), and Bernie is an "anathema" to Southern conservatives))))

[smoltchanov]

GOP gains Grant Parish and LaSalle Parish, LA

LaSalle is (usually) the most Republican (and - extremely conservative to boot)  parish in Louisiana. Grant - only slightly less...

[smoltchanov]

Okeechobee County, FL has switched from Democratic to Republican majority registration.

Switched to GOP
Litchfield, CT
Sussex, DE
Baker, FL
Beauregard, LA
Bradford, FL
Clinton, PA
Columbia, FL
Coos, OR
Grant, LA
Hampshire, WV
Hardee, FL
Monona, IA
Lafayette, LA
LaSalle, LA
Jackson, OK
Pinellas, FL
Okeechobee, FL

Switched to Democratic
Trinity, CA

Again - very conservative territory. Not in Northern Florida, but rural, and historically, very conservative Democratic, but voting strongly Republican on Presidential and statewide level since about 1960th...