Counties with wildly erratic voting patterns

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Thanks for relocating this thread, even if it is a bit of necromancy. I thought bgwah did a nice piece connecting the area to the Volga Germans. As a person whose grandma was pure Volga German, I understand a little of the issues that would have motivated those who went into farming a century ago, though I know I know better the issues for those who settled in big cities at that time.

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Haha, oh wow, Miller County was swingy as all hell back then.

1960: 95% Kennedy
1964: 86% Goldwater
1968: 82% Wallace
1972: 92% Nixon
1976: 76% Carter

That must have been the largest swing to Goldwater in the entire United States, and is a good example of how LBJ's support for civil rights caused a realignment of sorts.