Bizarre voting patterns in the past

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I'm pretty shocked that in 1960 in Minnesota, JFK lost Hennepin county yet won Scott with over 60% of the vote! I'll assume that in 1960 Scott was a rural populist county and not the sprawling suburban hell it is today.

also in Multnomah county, Oregon voted for Nixon. But in 1972, it voted for McGovern! Is this the only county in the country to do so?

perhaps the most bizarre voting pattern though is that of Alachua county, Florida's top 3 candidates were this:

Hoover (Republican) - 35.01%
Thomas (Socialist) - 32.18%
Foster (Communist) - 30.15%

Al Smith couldn't have gotten anymore than 2.66% of the vote, yet the Socialist and Communists gover over 60%! And to make things even more bizzare, in 1948 Alachua went on to vote for Strom Thurmond.

any others people noticed?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I believe Alachua contains Gainesville, home of the University of Florida. I wonder if that had anything to do with it. Today it appears to be a pretty standard heavily Dem leaning county, voted for Gore over Bush 55.2/39.8

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

In 1976, Carter won Fannin County, GA

Why is that surprising since he was the former governor of the state? I know nothing about the voting patterns of Fannin County, BTW.

Fannin is a "GOP since the Civil War" hillbilly county in Northern Georgia.
It voted against FDR in the '30's.
I find it *amazing* that a Democrat could *ever* win Fannin...

Clinton won a few counties like that in northwest Arkansas  though.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Now that I looked it up, Carter actually won every county in Georgia in 1976. Quite amazing when you consider that means he won Gingrich and Barr country.