Conservative county that voted for Blair.
Brunswick County NC in Italy
Pre-WWII
1921: Democratic Liberals (Inferred with the law of substractions, doesn't have industrial areas, so no Socialists. No mining areas so no People's Party, No big farms with pseudo-oligarchic landowners so no National Bloc)
1924: National list (Because most Dem-Liberals joined them)
Post-WWII
1946: Christian Democrats but with the National Democrats as a close second place as a vestige of Pre-WWII politics with the third party being the Common Man's Front.
1953,1958,1963,1968,1972: Clear Christ-Dem victories with Liberals and the Social Movement fighting for a pyrrhic second place
1976,1979: Still clear Christ-Dem wins with the Social Movement as a marginal 2nd place but there's some visible Communist Party gains in the area sending them to a 3rd place.
1983,1987: Huge CD's losses but still in 1st place, no place movement below.
1992: First time the county is considered a swing district between Christ-Dems and Left-Democrats.
1994: Three-way fight between Forza Italia-National Alliance, Peoples' Party and Left-Democrats.
1996,2001.2006: Swinging between Berlusconi's Bloc and the Progressive Bloc.
2008: Clear progressive losses sending Forza Italia to a secure first place.
2013: Three way fight between the Centre-Right/Centre-Left and M5S
2018,2022: Marginal M5S victories with the Centre-right bloc 1 or 2% behind
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Orange County, CA in Poland
1920s: ZLN Stronhold
1930s: National Party stronghold
The sight of many anti-communist strongholds during the time of Communism, particularly in the 1980s.
1990: Solidarity Citizens' Committee Strongholdd
1995: Lech Wałęsa does well winning well into the double-digits
2000: PSL wins by about 5-10 points
2005: PO by a comfortable margin
2010: PO by low double-digits
2015-Present: PO stronghold
Floyd County KY in Germany
Question here is if the best analog would be rural areas of former East Germany (deindustrializing, historically Protestant, historically strong labor movement) or Bavaria (rural, mountainous, relatively pro-welfare state, very culturally conservative). I'm going with the latter and I'll say they would be extremely committed CSU voters.
Suffolk County, MA in Ireland
