What were thetop 20 counties for Bush in 2000?

[minionofmidas]

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!?

[minionofmidas]

I don't know about the one from MI, but the others are outer suburban counties, not urban ones. Hardly surprising, right...?

[minionofmidas]

Both Kent and Salt Lake counties voted heavily for Bush. The cities proper may be a different story though.
Thanks for the info on Ottawa.

[minionofmidas]

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.

Houston? Maybe Dallas/San Antonio? Though while the counties containing those cities might have gone republican...I can't say about the cities for sure.

Can't say for sure either, but Bexar County was pretty close (not real close, but, you know) and the part outside city limits is very White and very Republican, so I'd say San Antonio must've voted Gore. Dallas and Houston are not obvious either - the counties were much more Republican, but they include more suburbs than bexar, which also have a higher turnout (Hispanic turnout in Texas is abysmal). I don't know wether Bush or Gore won those cities, I wouldn't be surprised to learn either.

[minionofmidas]

Does anyone know the top 5 or so counties for Gore?

I'm guessing San Francisco was one of them.

Doubtful. He got less than 80% there. He got about 87% each in the Bronx, in Washington DC, and in rural Macon County, AL.

[minionofmidas]

1 Macon 87%
2 Bronx 86%
3 Shannon, SD (Pine Ridge) 86%
4 DC 85%
5 Baltimore City 83%

[minionofmidas]

I know someone in Macon, AL

Now, it would be impressive if you knew a Republican in Macon county Alabama.

[minionofmidas]

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.

If Sioux Falls counts as a major city, there must be a hundred.

[minionofmidas]

Yes, it's Bush's 2nd best among Counties with over 100,000 voters.

[minionofmidas]

Yes, it's Bush's 2nd best among Counties with over 100,000 voters.

Montgomery?

Yes. The best is in Utah.

[minionofmidas]

(mostly) rich suburbs around a rather conservative city in the Republican candidate's home state. Denton and Collin are in the top five too (Look at page one for the percentages.)

[minionofmidas]

Montgomery's Outer Suburban/Exurban Houston isn't it?

Yes, but so are several other counties surrounding Harris (Houston) County.  Much of Montgomery county is very rural (we live on 7 acres) and "backwards" (but not me ), but the southern portion of the county has seen explosive growth of "The Woodlands", a master-planned upper-income city of about 80,000.

A master-planned upper-income city? Sounds hellish...
Some of the other counties you're thinking of may have less than 100,000 voters. Those to the South, Fort Bend, Galveston, have largish Black minoriites.

[minionofmidas]

Does anyone know the top 5 or so counties for Gore?

I'm guessing San Francisco was one of them.

If San Francisco was in NYS it would narrowly beat out Queens for Gore's 4th best county. The Bronx, Manhattan, and Brooklyn were much better for Gore.  Those 4 borughs of NY each has 2-4 times the population of SF county. SF county gets housed.

"Gore's best" isn't the same as "Bush's worst". Nader did much better in SF than anywhere in NY.

[minionofmidas]

Anyone know anything about Macon County? Why is it so safe for the Dems? Large Black population?

Not sure why it is this safe. I know it's got a Black majority and Tuskegee Institute.

[minionofmidas]

Did Cincinnati gor for gore? I live in Brown county, And its one county over from Cincinnati. My county was like 70% bush

Hamilton County went for Bush, the city proper for Gore.