TN: MS Delta county , large portion of black population isn't native but actually from the prison
FL: Exurban Orlando county, seems retiree heavy and has not trended Democrat
MI: Very interesting one, included a black resort for the black middle class of Chicago and Detroit. Used to be quite Democratic for rural Michigan even such as being the only rural county outside of the UP that Humphrey won.
IN: partial Chicaco exurban/suburban county but mostly based around its own city of Gary which is a very declining post industrial city.
IL: Despite being very close to its Indiana counterpart it isn't that similar. Does include the post industrial cities like Waukegan but these have actually grown quite a bit due to hispanic growth. Overall mostly a county known for upscale suburbs with 2 post industrial satellite cities and a few exurban areas.
CA: Atypical county in CA being the only real remaining WWC county that still votes Democratic and not due to hipsters or weed farmers.
CO: Tallest mountain in state and I assume ski county
MN: Iron Range,Whitest county in the nation that Biden and Hillary won. Has voted straight Democrat since 1936 although the previous 2 wins have been quite narrow. Very Scandanivan and of course WWC.
MT: Mix of WWC areas with a few touristy areas and a more integrated reservation making the county 23% Native. Generally has followed the state as a whole politically from what I can see. Obama did win it in 08 but has voted within 5 points of the state for all recent elections.
OH: WWC Cleveland suburbia/exurbia from what I can see. Had strong R trends like most of NE Ohio.
OR: Rural Eastern Oregon county with very low population, very Republican of course.
SD: Rural Eastern County, voted narrowly for Obama in 08 but has trended hard right since.
So to BRTD, the most pro Biden County is Lake County IL. The longest D streak is Lake County MN. Lake County TN has probably the most times voting Democrat but it is now a very R County.
Let's just start eliminating - definitely NOT Tennessee. Not interested in jailbirds and rural white southerners. The one in Oregon is, frankly, fairly unremarkable - yet another rural, white, Republican county. And apparently it's part of the 'High Desert' of Oregon. Let's go right ahead and eliminate it. SD's is also similarly homogeneous and very rural and unremarkable, so I'll eliminate it, too. I'm left with:
CA, CO, FL, IL, IN, OH, MI, MN, MT
The one in CA, like most of NorCal excluding the far northeast, seems nice. Don't know where you're getting it being very white working class given that it's only 64% white, and the median income doesn't seem to be too low, either. It's also left-wing, not extremely far from where I currently live (closer than all the others for sure), urban and the largest city, Clearlake, seems nice. Definitely not eliminating it.
The one in CO, as you said, is ski country. It seems decent, but I think on the whole I'd prefer Lake County, CA.
Now it's Lake County CA versus Lake County FL. FL's is like enough other counties in FL. Boring on the whole and I still prefer the one in CA.
Now it's Lake County CA versus Lake County IL. I like the look of IL's Lake County - nice and suburban, affluent, diverse, etcetra. Also it's liberal and educated. So this is a pretty hard pick. Gun to my head though I would still choose Lake County CA.
Lake County CA versus Lake County IN. Definitely the one in my home state - IN's is too WWC and its demographics aren't too interesting. It's on the decline. Boring. I'd much prefer Lake County, IL, over Lake County, IN, and Lake County, CA, is better than either.
I like that Lake County, OH, is suburbanish and I like where it's located. But like Lake County, IL and Lake County, IN, it'd be too cold (this is something I forgot to consider earlier). And moreover it's
96% white. Way too white and it's still like the one in IN inthat it's declining in terms of economy. There are enough other counties like this one that I could choose, so definitely not this county.
Lake County MN is like the other three Midwestern Lake Counties I've looked at thus far but it's more rural, white and liberal. Also WWC though. I like that it was Hillary Clinton's whitest county and the people seem good, but no. It would also be way too cold.
I don't care from Lake County, MI - it's one of those many square counties in the state that has few people and is fairly Republican. Too white, too cold, too conservative, too boring.
Lake County, MT, goes last, and to keep this one short - it loses to Lake County, CA.
Basically my favourite is Lake County, CA, the one in my own state.
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