(Thread) Interesting factoids about presidential elections.

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Keep in mind that in Maine a lot of Perot's vote came from lumber and paper mill towns. Residents of such places were very inclined to vote Democratic pre-2016 over trade issues.

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Jimmy Carter is the only Democratic president since the Depression that won nationally without carrying Chittenden County VT

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Since Nebraska became a state in 1867 Grover Cleveland is the only Democratic president that never won Saline County.

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You can really see the affect of men going off to fight WWII in some of the least populous counties in the nation. Especially with the Democratic vote.

Loving County, Texas

1940
Franklin Roosevelt: 98 (82.4%)
Wendell Willkie: 21 (17.7%)

1944
Franklin Roosevelt: 60 (71.4%)
Thomas Dewey: 18 (21.4%)

King County, Texas

1940
Franklin Roosevelt: 266 (92%)
Wendell Willkie: 23 (8%)

1944
Franklin Roosevelt: 228 (89.1%)
Thomas Dewey: 13 (5.1%)

Kenedy County, Texas

1940
Franklin Roosevelt: 38 (35.9%)
Wendell Willkie: 68 (64.2%)

1944
Franklin Roosevelt: 16 (19.5%)
Thomas Dewey: 60 (73.2%)

Blaine County, Nebraska

1940
Franklin Roosevelt: 311 (40.7%)
Wendell Willkie: 454 (59.4%)

1944
Franklin Roosevelt: 248 (40.4%)
Thomas Dewey: 366 (59.6%)

McPherson County, Nebraska

1940
Franklin Roosevelt: 164 (28.4%)
Wendell Willkie: 414 (71.6%)

1944
Franklin Roosevelt: 118 (27.6%)
Thomas Dewey: 310 (72.7%)

Petroleum County, Montana

1940
Franklin Roosevelt: 316 (50.1%)
Thomas Dewey: 313 (49.6%)

1944
Franklin Roosevelt: 225 (46.8%)
Thomas Dewey: 253 (52.6%)

Loup County, Nebraska

1940
Franklin Roosevelt: 289 (34.9%)
Thomas Dewey: 539 (65.1%)

1944
Franklin Roosevelt: 182 (27.2%)
Thomas Dewey: 488 (72.8%)

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The only state where Dukakis didn’t outperform McGovern? Massachusetts.

I’m not sure what’s the worst performance of all time for a major-party’s presidential nominee in their own state, but Mitt Romney’s 23-point loss in the Bay State has got to be up there.

John C Frémont came third in California in 1856. Other than that if looks Romney is the second-worst home state performance since universal male suffrage.