I was wondering which counties have been the closest to their state and even national results for the major party candidates. I ask this since living in Franklin County (Columbus), OH, we tend to be somewhat predictive of the overall Ohio outcome (even though we seem to overall skew more Democratic, though nowhere near as much as Cuyahoga or Lucas counties).
I think Hamilton is moving closer to that for Ohio (as far as the larger counties are concerned anyway), Columbus has moved pretty hard towards the Democrats (Franklin was about 20 points more Democratic than the state as a whole, 19 points more Democratic than the nation)
