Two-way partisan registration by county, 2014-2015

[RINO Tom]

I did this on my own two years ago (using "real" colors and my own shading), and I was really surprised how loyally Democratic the South is.  It is a real shame that those Deep South states don't do partisan registration, because it'd be fascinating to see the results.  In a less-than-perfect way of "estimating," I shaded each county in by which party had more voters in its primary (during 2008) ... this had obvious flaws, but it was interesting.

Biggest surprise for me is that a lot of middle Maine has "stuck to its roots" and that there isn't even one county in MA with some RINOs in it!

EDIT: Also, since I last did this, a few counties in KY have moved GOP, I know (from other sources) that OK finally has more Republicans than Democrats total and Long Island has more Democrats than Republicans for the first time.

[RINO Tom]

WOW at Louisiana. Uber-R rural counties still have Democratic registration, while only 3 suburban/exurban counties have R registration.

Is that really that surprising?  True Republican strength still lies in exurbs, despite this "rural vs. urban" divide that is constantly pushed.