This is the only non-southern county in the nation to switch from JFK to Goldwater.
I was wrong- it was one of two. Custer County, Idaho voted solidly for JFK, giving him 56 percent of the vote. Four years later, Goldwater narrowly carried it, by a margin of only 0.4 percent. Why?
If you consider Missouri non-southern, then...
Osage County, 1960: 52-48 Kennedy (2900-2678)
Osage County, 1964: 51-49 Goldwater (2712-2608)
Missouri, 1960: 50.3/49.7 Kennedy
Missouri, 1964: 64/36 Johnson
Osage County is also German Catholic.
Osage County, 1900-2004
1900-1908: Republican
1912: Democratic
1916-1924: Republican
1928-1936: Democratic
1940-1944: Republican
1948: Democratic
1952-1956: Republican
1960: Democratic
1964-2004: Republican
