Alan Keyes Country

[RBH]

That's my name for the 10 counties that gave Alan Keyes a majority over Barack Obama.



Iroquois is the northernmost county.

Massac is the southernmost county.

The Heartland of Keyes County is Clark, Clay, Edwards, Effingham, Jasper, Richland, Wabash, and Wayne counties.

Lawrence County (East of Richland, North of Wabash) gave Obama 50.5%

Crawford County (South of Clark, East of Jasper) gave Obama 48.08%

The Heartland of Keyes County gave Bush 69% in the 2004 election.

That percentage stays the same if you add Iroquois and Massac Counties.

Oh yeah, I'm sure that some Democrat carried these counties once. I know that Truman carried Effingham.

[RBH]

For the sake of fun, here's the primary map from 1998.

Poshard in red, Burris in blue, Schmidt in green



Poshard topped 90% in 26 counties, topped 80% in 9 more counties, and he won 95 counties in total.

Which was good for 38% of the vote.