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Question: Will Los Angeles County, CA and Loving County, TX vote for the same candidate once in the next five presidential elections?
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excelsus
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« on: February 23, 2014, 06:46:14 PM »
The last time the most and the least populous counties in the U.S. voted for the same candidate was in 1984, when they both chose Reagan.
The last time both counties supported a Democrat was 1964.
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« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2014, 08:19:26 PM »
lol no. Loving County went 84% Romney, Los Angeles County went 70% Obama...

I don't care how big the landslide may be, its very, very unlikely to happen.
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« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2014, 09:01:28 AM »
Quote from: ElectionsGuy on February 23, 2014, 08:19:26 PM
lol no. Loving County went 84% Romney, Los Angeles County went 70% Obama...

I don't care how big the landslide may be, its very, very unlikely to happen.

However: 71 people are easier to convince than 10,000,000 people.
If a Democrat (i.e. Hillary) stopped there during their campaign, they would probably win it.
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« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2014, 09:16:15 AM »
No one will ever stop for 71 people! Never.
And even if - a visit may swing (optimistically) maybe 20% of the voting population: 84 - 20 = 64
So no.
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« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2014, 10:59:03 AM »
lolno
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« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2014, 07:32:55 PM »
In 2008, Barack Obama stopped three times in Elko County, NV, and it reduced the R percentage from 77% in 2004 to 68% in 2008.  However, the big surge in Las Vegas is what flipped the state.
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« Reply #6 on: March 16, 2014, 03:24:23 AM »
This raises the question; does size matter?
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« Reply #7 on: March 16, 2014, 01:40:09 PM »
It could happen, but it would be because a candidate is winning LBJ style nationally, not because of any outreach to the particular counties.
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