Daggett Co UT in 1984

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I honestly don't know, I'm confused myself as to why Mondale did so well there.

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There is a big increase in the number of total votes in 1984 compared to the other elections so clearly that influx of people really affected the results

The weird thing about this is that the overall population of Daggett decreased by 10.3% in the 1980s. And turnout fell right back off in 1988.

Maybe Mondale's cousin lived there or something.

This is really a mystery to me, somehow Mondale managed to do better in this obscure Utah County than any Democrat since LBJ despite losing Utah as a whole by near 50% and losing nationally by 18%. it's mind boggling.

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According to Wikipedia it's because of the Native American population, though that wouldn't really explain why it was exclusive to Mondale.

And looking at Native American-heavy counties in the Dakotas and Montana, as well as Oklahoma, it's pretty clear Mondale didn't get ridiculously high turnout from the group that would explain this result.