I dont think you got the numbers right for MD: St Mary's County was 57.5 for Trump, 35.2 for Hillary. 2012 was 56% Romney, 41% Obama. Also, the main military base is Naval Air Station Pax River
Thanks for the catch Lothal1--- Appreciate your correction!!!
Updated raw numbers accordingly--- not the '12 map yet however.
With the military bases, I had to research through different sources, and also was trying to fit briefly on one line per State. Still wanted to include since there have historically been differences in voting patterns within various branches of the US Military, and thought it would be interesting to include.
BTW: If any of you Vets or active duty members out there (Or anyone else on Atlas) want to let me know if I missed the major base within the county (Or neighboring County) I'll go ahead and update accordingly.
San Diego County, CA (USN and USMC) Dem 56.3% GOP 36.6%
Prince William County, VA (Quantico USMC) Dem 57.56% GOP 36.49%
Fairfax County, VA (USA, Fort Belvoir) Dem 64.43% GOP 28.61%
Norfolk, VA (Independent city) (USN, largest naval base in the world) Dem 63.38% GOP 25.84%
Virginia Beach, VA (Ind. city) (USN/USMC/USAF) GOP 48.32% Dem 44.78% One of America's last GOP leaning cities strictly due to its large military presence.
Data taken from the CA and Virginia Dept of Elections
http://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2016-general/ssov/pres-summary-by-county.pdfhttp://historical.elections.virginia.gov/elections/view/80871/Also this will help
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_bases#By_state.2Fdistrict If it's a joint base, a ton of voters there, although a ton of AD don't vote because of apathy, deployment, etc.
Note, a lot of vets live around the base areas but a lot more, esp. retirees live elsewhere due to lower costs of living. For the data, don't conflate active duty county % with vet % in county.
