When will a county in Massachusetts vote for the Republican candidate?

[smoltchanov]

Plymouth. Then - Worcester. Then, probably, Barnstable, which is somewhat more socially conservative then fiscally conservative  (but, generally, socially moderate or even liberal) Essex. Then - ... probably nothing..

[smoltchanov]

Plymouth. Then - Worcester. Then, probably, Barnstable, which is somewhat more socially conservative then fiscally conservative  (but, generally, socially moderate or even liberal) Essex. Then - ... probably nothing..

Is Barnstable really that socon? It has Provincetown and stuff...

Not so much by national standards. But at least somewhat - by Massachusetts's. And yes, it includes Provincetown (4th district, represented by Democrat Sarah Peake) and so on. But it includes relatively conservative areas (look at 5th Barnstable, represented by Randy Hunt, for example) too. Essex, while being somewhat fiscally conservative, leans (mostly) very moderate socially. May be - because of number of "upscale" areas.

[smoltchanov]

Is not Barnstable home to many upscale, preppy areas, especially on the Cape? I'm not very familiar with the area, but Barnstable would not strike me as a socon area.

As i said - different parts of Barnstable are very different. Sure, it's less conservative then Plymouth and Worcester counties,  but still - there are some conservative towns there... So, it's at least candidate for 3rd place... Cape is more liberal, of course...