What were thetop 20 counties for Bush in 2000?

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the other 15 are probably mostly located in Utah, Idaho, Nebraska, Wyoming and Texas, as well as the Oklahoma panhandle, all three counties there voted for him with over 80%. There also was this very sparsely populated one in the southeast corner of Oregon that went over 80%, that probably would've been one as well.

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1 Utah, UT 81,7
2 Montgomery, TX 75,9
3 Collin, TX 73,1
4 Ottawa, MI 71,2
5 Denton, TX 69,6

Someone from Michigan please fill me in on what kind of place Ottawa County is!?

I'm not from Michigan, but I know it's right next to Kent county, which contains Grand Rapids, a pretty conservative city, although it voted for Gore due to minority populations. So it is sort of an suburban/exurban county of a rather conservative city, making it VERY conservative. Also I believe most people are of Dutch ancestry, meaning it could be very similar to Sioux county, Iowa, where most people belong to conservative Dutch Reformed churches and basically vote in bloc. Someone from Michigan could probably give better perspective though.

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Gore's best counties were very urban (or majority-minority).

Bush's best counties were very rural and in Texas or the interior west.

It would be interesting to see a list of the top Bush counties with at least 100,000 voters.

I'd be willing to take a look at a region or two (from the results on Dave's site) if someone else would take the rest and then we'd compile a list...

Can't think of many cities that went for Bush, apart from the obvious Colorado Springs, Tulsa, Jacksonville, Witchita, Salt Lake City etc.

SLC is actually quite liberal and voted heavily for Gore (although the suburbs are a different story). Most of the Mormons do not live in SLC, they live mostly in the suburbs and outer Provo/Ogden areas.

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Indianapolis went narrowly for Gore.

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I remember reading that Bush got 52% in Dallas. I think Gore won Houston city proper, and I'm sure Gore won San Antonio since it's over 50% Hispanic.

I just realized two more major cities that probably voted for Bush, Omaha and Sioux Falls.

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Cincinnati is over 40% black, so it'd be tough for a Democrat to lose there. But it is definately not liberal. And the suburbs are as lily-white as it gets and super-Republican. Terrible region.