Counties for Goldwater and Obama

[Rob]

Just for fun...

Washington: Whitman
California: Alpine, Mono, San Diego
Idaho: Teton
Montana: Gallatin
Wyoming: Teton
Arizona: Coconino
Iowa: Allamakee
Louisiana: Caddo, East Carroll, Madison, Tensas, East Baton Rouge, St. Helena
Wisconsin: Waupaca, Waushara
Illinois: DuPage, McHenry, Boone, Kane, DeKalb, Kendall, Bureau, Whiteside, Carroll, Warren, McDonough
Indiana: Porter
Virginia: Montgomery, Northampton, Essex, Albemarle, Henrico, Brunswick, Sussex
South Carolina: McCormick, Jasper, Hampton, Allendale, Barnwell, Charleston, Colleton, Orangeburg, Calhoun, Clarendon, Williamsburg, Lee, Sumter, Richland, Marion, Bamberg
Georgia: Burke, Richmond, Jefferson, Washington, Baldwin, Warren, Twiggs, Bibb, Peach, Chatham, Douglas, Clayton, DeKalb, Muscogee, Chattahoochee, Stewart, Quitman, Clay, Randolph, Calhoun, Baker, Dougherty, Terrell, Sumter, Dooly, Macon
Alabama: Russell, Bullock, Montgomery, Lowndes, Wilcox, Dallas, Perry, Hale, Marengo, Greene, Sumter, Jefferson
Mississippi: Kemper, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Clay, Chickasaw, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Pike, Wilkinson, Adams, Jefferson, Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Yazoo, Holmes, Issaquena, Sharkey, Humphreys, Washington, Sunflower, Leflore, Tallahatchie, Bolivar, Quitman, Coahoma, Panola, Tunica, Marshall
Tennessee: Haywood
New Hampshire: Carroll

24 of these counties are outside the old Confederacy; Kerry won only four of these (Alpine and Mono, CA; Teton, WY; and Whiteside, IL). Thoughts?

[Rob]

What's Whiteside, IL, like?  Wikipedia says Sterling is associated with manufacturing and steel.

Yeah, the recession of the early 90s forced it into the Democratic column, from what I can see.