Best Counties for Third Party Candidates

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Haven’t seen this posted yet in this section of the forum, but here are the top four third-party candidates’ best counties by state. I also separated the independent cities in Virginia from counties and used county equivalents for Alaska and the District of Columbia (state House Districts and wards, respectively). Red denotes counties carried by Clinton and blue for those won by Trump.

BEST COUNTIES FOR GARY JOHNSON (LIBERTARIAN)
NM: Los Alamos (13.89%)
ND: Ransom (10.47%)
OK: Payne (8.36%)
WY: Albany (8.15%)
SD: Lawrence (7.89%)
OR: Gilliam (7.75%)
AK: House District 14 (7.70%)
MT: Gallatin (7.46%)
WA: Garfield (6.95%)
IN: Boone (6.84%)
ME: Franklin (6.69%)
KS: Riley (6.68%)
CO: Mineral (6.44%)
ID: Latah (6.59%)
IL: Piatt (6.16%)
AZ: Greenlee (6.06%)
IA: Story (5.95%)
NE: Johnson (5.84%)
TX: Brazos (5.67%)
MA: Worcester (5.44%)
OH: Seneca (5.38%)
MN: Red Lake (5.32%)
MI: Houghton (5.31%)
CA: El Dorado (5.28%)
NY: Madison (5.26%)
MO: Johnson (5.15%)
WV: Monongalia (4.97%)
VA (Independent City): Radford (4.95%)
WI: Dunn (4.94%)
NH: Strafford (4.72%)
VA (County): Montgomery (4.71%)
MD: Carroll (4.67%)
NV: Carson City (4.63%)
GA: Oconee (4.59%)
NC: Watauga (4.46%)
KY: Kenton (4.30%)
TN: Williamson (4.25%)
VT: Essex (4.14%)
SC: Charleston (4.13%)
CT: Tolland (4.11%)
AR: Washington (4.10%)
FL: Okaloosa (4.09%)
AL: Madison (4.05%)
HI: Maui (3.92%)
UT: Weber (3.92%)
DE: Kent (3.85%)
RI: Washington (3.83%)
PA: Lancaster (3.49%)
NJ: Hunterdon (3.09%)
MS: Lafayette (2.94%)
LA: St. Tammany (2.74%)
DC: Ward 2 (2.57%)

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BEST COUNTIES FOR JILL STEIN (GREEN)
ND: Sioux (10.39%)
CA: Humboldt (6.13%)
AK: House District 38 (5.16%)
HI: Maui (4.60%)
CO: Saguache (4.55%)
WA: San Juan (4.19%)
NM: Taos (4.04%)
MA: Franklin (3.64%)
OR: Lane (3.28%)
NY: Tompkins (3.23%)
IA: Jefferson (3.14%)
KS: Douglas (3.10%)
VT: Windham (2.99%)
MT: Missoula (2.81%)
IL: Jackson (2.64%)
ME: Waldo (2.60%)
ID: Latah (2.55%)
AZ: Coconino (2.37%)
UT: Grand (2.37%)
NE: Thurston (2.35%)
MN: Cook (2.27%)
WV: Monongalia (2.22%)
WI: Ashland (2.08%)
WY: Albany (2.02%)
CT: Windham (1.99%)
AR: Carroll (1.95%)
OH: Athens (1.81%)
TX: Brewster (1.81%)
DC: Ward 4 (1.79%)
MI: Marquette (1.76%)
MD: Baltimore City (1.71%)
RI: Washington (1.60%)
LA: Orleans (1.54%)
MO: Boone (1.53%)
DE: New Castle (1.50%)
VA (Independent City): Harrisonburg (1.42%)
VA (County): Floyd (1.33%)
NJ: Hudson (1.20%)
FL: Alachua (1.16%)
KY: Fayette (1.16%)
NH: Cheshire (1.16%)
NC: Buncombe (1.10%)
TN: McNairy (1.10%)
PA: Monroe (1.08%)
IN: Monroe (1.07%)
SC: Charleston (0.95%)
AL: Madison (0.77%)
MS: Lafayette (0.68%)
GA: Clarke (0.67%)

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BEST COUNTIES FOR DARRELL L. CASTLE (CONSTITUTION)
AK: House District 38 (6.08%)
SD: Ziebach (2.35%)
WY: Big Horn (2.11%)
ID: Franklin (2.04%)
UT: Millard (1.88%)
WA: Ferry (1.29%)
HI: Hawaii (1.21%)
WV: Wetzel (1.20%)
ND: Adams (1.07%)
CO: Kit Carson (0.97%)
AR: Randolph (0.96%)
MO: Daviess (0.96%)
MN: Lac Qui Parle (0.83%)
PA: Juniata (0.83%)
IA: Iowa (0.77%)
MT: Wibaux (0.74%)
MI: Oceana (0.72%)
WI: Clark (0.71%)
MS: Union (0.64%)
NM: Catron (0.59%)
SC: Laurens (0.46%)
TX: Reagan (0.44%)
MS: Calhoun (0.41%)
LA: Union (0.35%)
NJ: Cape May, Ocean (0.34%)
OH: Holmes (0.15%)
GA: Hart (0.13%)

BEST COUNTIES FOR EVAN MCMULLIN (INDEPENDENT)
ID: Madison (29.76%)
UT: Utah (29.72%)
VA (Independent City): Buena Vista (7.23%)
MN: Brown (3.06%)
KY: Jessamine (2.89%)
MT: McCone (2.83%)
NM: Los Alamos (2.67%)
AR: Benton (2.39%)
CO: Conejos (2.21%)
VA (County): Arlington (2.14%)
IA: Story (2.09%)
KS: Wichita (1.78%)
SC: Greenville (1.69%)
AZ: Graham (1.46%)
TN: Williamson (1.29%)
TX: Brazos (1.25%)
MO: Daviess (1.10%)
WI: Ozaukee (0.90%)
GA: Oconee (0.80%)
IL: Woodford (0.78%)
LA: Lincoln (0.78%)
CA: Del Norte, El Dorado (0.61%)
MD: Frederick (0.54%)
MI: Ottawa (0.54%)
OH: Union (0.52%)
NY: Allegany (0.48%)
ME: Franklin (0.45%)
VT: Essex (0.34%)
RI: Bristol, Washington (0.27%)
NH: Sullivan (0.21%)
DE: New Castle (0.20%)
CT: Tolland (0.17%)
MA: Middlesex (0.11%)

[beesley]

I knew that McMullin did well in Idaho and that his best areas in Utah were in large counties, but I was still surprised to see an Idaho county top.

It makes sense that some lot of states feature towards the bottom of all lists given both the size of counties and the number of them in those states.

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I knew that McMullin did well in Idaho and that his best areas in Utah were in large counties, but I was still surprised to see an Idaho county top.

It makes sense that some lot of states feature towards the bottom of all lists given both the size of counties and the number of them in those states.

Yes, Madison County, Idaho is all-but-completely Mormon. Rexburg is home to a Brigham Young University, and as we can recall, Mormons were not-so-forgiving of Donald Trump's moral bankruptcy unlike other "Christians" who buried their hands in the sand because muh Supreme Court justices.

I know in my state, Daviess County (McMullin and Castle's best county) has the largest Amish presence in the state. Not sure if they are politically active, though, or how much if so.

[Chips]

Interesting.

[Utah Neolib]

Jill Stein’s performance in Grand County doesn’t surprise me