Your county's results since 1960

[rbt48]

Sarpy County, Nebraska, home to Offutt AFB, HQ Strategic Air Command, now USSTRATCOM.  Mostly rural through the 60s, increasingly suburban since then.  Just south of Douglas County (Omaha):

Year   Winner            %R-%D,   Third %, Other %
1960:  Nixon          55.3 - 44.7
1964:  Johnson      44.2 - 55.8
1968:  Nixon          52.5 - 30.6, Wallace 17.0
1972:  Nixon          74.7 - 24.3
1976:  Ford            60.4 - 37.5, Other 2.1
1980:  Reagan       67.0 - 24.5, Anderson 7.3, Other 1.2
1984:  Reagan       74.3 - 24.2, Other 0.5
1988:  Bush           64.5 - 35.0, Other 0.5
1992:  Bush           50.4 - 26.4, Perot 22.8, Other 0.3
1996:  Dole            57.7 - 32.1, Perot 9.3, Other 0.8
2000:  Bush           64.0 - 32.3, Nader 2.9, Other 0.8
2004:  Bush           69.0 - 30, Other 1.0

In my suburban subdivision, I saw one Bush yard sign, no Kerry signs, around 5% of the cars had a Bush sticker, perhaps 1% a Kerry sticker.

[KEmperor]

My county has only gone Democratic 5 times since 1892. (1912, 1964, 1996, 2000, 2004)  All other election years it has gone Republican.

This year Kerry won my county by 0.24%

[Jake]

Wyoming County, PA

Republican every year from 1960 except 1964.

[True Democrat]

Allegheny Country, PA

1960 Kennedy: 57.1%, Nixon: 42.8%
1964 Johnson: 66%, Goldwater: 33.6%
1968 Humphrey: 51.1%, Nixon: 37.1%, Wallace: 11.2%
1972 Nixon: 55.6%, McGovern: 42.3%
1976 Carter: 50.7%, Ford 46.8%
1980 Carter: 47.9%, Reagan: 43.7%, Anderson: 6.2%
1984 Mondale: 56%, Reagan: 42.8%
1988 Dukakis: 59.5%, Bush: 39.4%
1992 Clinton: 52.8%, Bush: 29.8%, Perot: 16.8%
1996 Clinton: 52.8%, Dole: 37.9%, Perot: 7.9%
2000 Gore: 56.6%, Bush: 40.4%, Nader: 1.8%
2004 Kerry: 57.1%, Bush: 42.1%

Democratic in every election except 1972
It's interesting how similar 2004 is to 1960

[rbt48]

Allegheny Country, PA

1960 Kennedy: 57.1%, Nixon: 42.8%
1964 Johnson: 66%, Goldwater: 33.6%
1968 Humphrey: 51.1%, Nixon: 37.1%, Wallace: 11.2%
1972 Nixon: 55.6%, McGovern: 42.3%
1976 Carter: 50.7%, Ford 46.8%
1980 Carter: 47.9%, Reagan: 43.7%, Anderson: 6.2%
1984 Mondale: 56%, Reagan: 42.8%
1988 Dukakis: 59.5%, Bush: 39.4%
1992 Clinton: 52.8%, Bush: 29.8%, Perot: 16.8%
1996 Clinton: 52.8%, Dole: 37.9%, Perot: 7.9%
2000 Gore: 56.6%, Bush: 40.4%, Nader: 1.8%
2004 Kerry: 57.1%, Bush: 42.1%

Democratic in every election except 1972
It's interesting how similar 2004 is to 1960

Must be the loyal Roman Catholic vote at play here!  ;-)

[minionofmidas]

Sarpy County, Nebraska, home to Offutt AFB, HQ Strategic Air Command, now USSTRATCOM.  Mostly rural through the 60s, increasingly suburban since then.  Just south of Douglas County (Omaha):

Year   Winner            %R-%D,   Third %, Other %
1960:  Nixon          55.3 - 44.7
1964:  Johnson      44.2 - 55.8
1968:  Nixon          52.5 - 30.6, Wallace 17.0
1972:  Nixon          74.7 - 24.3
1976:  Ford            60.4 - 37.5, Other 2.1
1980:  Reagan       67.0 - 24.5, Anderson 7.3, Other 1.2
1984:  Reagan       74.3 - 24.2, Other 0.5
1988:  Bush           64.5 - 35.0, Other 0.5
1992:  Bush           50.4 - 26.4, Perot 22.8, Other 0.3
1996:  Dole            57.7 - 32.1, Perot 9.3, Other 0.8
2000:  Bush           64.0 - 32.3, Nader 2.9, Other 0.8
2004:  Bush           69.0 - 30, Other 1.0

In my suburban subdivision, I saw one Bush yard sign, no Kerry signs, around 5% of the cars had a Bush sticker, perhaps 1% a Kerry sticker.

Did you know...
only 6 counties in Nebraska went for the Democrat more often than once in that period.
Saline - 60, 64, 68, 76, 88, 92, 96
Thurston - 64, 88, 96, 04
Dakota - 64, 88, 96
Butler, Greeley, Sherman - 60, 64, 76
32 counties - 64
55 counties - never

[rbt48]

Yes, it is a solid Republican state, no question about it.  Having grown up a Republican in Nassau County, NY, it is nice to be among soulmates, politically.
Explanations for those counties that have strayed:
Thurston - entirely an Indian Reservation.
Dakota - Meat packing industry here (South Sioux City)
Saline, Butler, Greeley, and Sherman:  Large immigrant populations from Ireland or Germany (Catholic).  I don't mean large total populations as they are rural areas.  The immigrants came from east coast cities in the 1870s through 1890s and retained their big city political allegiances.  (Greatly simplified explanation, but that is the basic picture).

Interesting that the two biggest population counties (Lancaster--Lincoln, and Douglas--Omaha), only went Democratic in the Johnson landslide of 1964.

[Erc]

Westchester, NY
1992-2004:  Democrat
1968-1988:  Republican
1964:  Democrat
1960:  Republican

Berkshire, MA:
1984:  Republican (52.9-46.6)
All the Rest:  Democrat

[bushforever]

McHenry County, IL:

Republican every time since 1960, and almost always by comfortable margins.  The closest # of votes margin was 64 with about 4K votes separating the two candidates.

[Storebought]

I'm "proud" that I'm the only one here who came from a parish that voted for Barry Goldwater and George Wallace--no political correctness for us--but still went with GOP softies like Ford and G H W Bush. Only two Democrats carried it in 12 elections (Kennedy and Clinton in '96)

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I'm "proud" that I'm the only one here who came from a parish that voted for Barry Goldwater and George Wallace--no political correctness for us--but still went with GOP softies like Ford and G H W Bush. Only two Democrats carried it in 12 elections (Kennedy and Clinton in '96)

East Baton Rouge Parish?

[J.R. Brown]

Woodbury County
1960: Nixon
1964: Johnson
1968: Nixon
1972: Nixon
1976: Ford
1980: Reagan
1984: Reagan
1988: Dukakis
1992: Bush
1996: Clinton
2000: Bush
2004: Bush

[WMS]

Bernalillo County
1912: Roosevelt (P) 37.0% Wilson (D) 31.8% Taft (R) 26.6% Debs (S) 4.5%
1916: Hughes (R) 52.26% Wilson (D) 46.14% Benson (S) 1.48% Hanly (Pro) 0.12%
1920: Harding (R) 50.53% Cox (D) 48.90% Christiansen (F-L) 0.57%
1924: Coolidge (R) 49.55% Davis (D) 42.17% LaFollette (P) 8.28%
1928: Hoover (R) 56.99% Smith (D) 42.92% Foster (W) 0.09%
1932: Roosevelt (D) 58.77% Hoover (R) 40.06% Thomas (S) 0.99% Other 0.17%
1936: Roosevelt (D) 67.78% Landon (R) 31.47% Lemke (U) 0.47% Other 0.28%
1940: Roosevelt (D) 54.53% Willkie (R) 45.35% Other 0.13%
1944: Roosevelt (D) 51.16% Dewey (R) 48.79% Watson (Pro) 0.05%
1948: Truman (D) 51.76% Dewey (R) 47.13% Wallace (NP) 0.93% Other 0.18%
1952: Eisenhower (R) 59.38% Stevenson (D) 40.50% Other 0.13%
1956: Eisenhower (R) 64.31% Stevenson (D) 35.24% Holtwick (Pro) 0.32% Other 0.14%
1960: Nixon (R) 52.06% Kennedy (D) 47.53% Decker (Pro) 0.32% Hass (SL) 0.09%
1964: Johnson (D) 55.98% Goldwater (R) 43.31% Hass (SL) 0.63% Munn (Pro) 0.08%
1968: Nixon (R) 54.96% Humphrey (D) 39.91% Wallace (AI) 4.81% Chavez (PC) 0.27% Halstead (SW) 0.05%
1972: Nixon (R) 60.80% McGovern (D) 37.06% Schmitz (AI) 2.02% Jenness (SW) 0.13%
1976: Ford (R) 53.98% Carter (D) 45.06% Camejo (SW) 0.54% MacBride (L) 0.31% Other 0.11%
1980: Reagan (R) 53.45% Carter (D) 34.92% Anderson (I) 9.63% Clark (L) 1.03% Commoner (Cit) 0.68% Other 0.30%
1984: Reagan (R) 60.08% Mondale (D) 38.90% Bergland (L) 0.82% Other 0.20%
1988: Bush (R) 53.62% Dukakis (D) 45.25% Paul (L) 0.69% Other 0.44%
1992: Clinton (D) 45.27% Bush (R) 38.52% Perot (I) 15.57% Marrou (L) 0.32% Other 0.32%
1996: Clinton (D) 48.28% Dole (R) 43.19% Perot (Ref) 4.77% Nader (G) 2.89% Browne (L) 0.64% Other 0.23%
2000: Gore (D) 48.68% Bush (R) 46.62% Nader (G) 4.05% Browne (L) 0.35% Other 0.30%
2004: Kerry (D) 51.50% Bush (R) 47.29% Nader (I) 0.57% Badnarik (L) 0.37% Other 0.27%

Well, congratulations to John Kerry on being the first Democrat to win a majority of the votes in Bernalillo County since 1964! Would any of you out there have expected that? I admit it was a little surprising to me...

[minionofmidas]

Woodbury County
1960: Nixon
1964: Johnson
1968: Nixon
1972: Nixon
1976: Ford
1980: Reagan
1984: Reagan
1988: Dukakis
1992: Bush
1996: Clinton
2000: Bush
2004: Bush

Pretty odd pattern there...

[tinman64]

San Joaquin County, California...

1960 - R
1964 - D
1968 - R
1972 - R
1976 - R
1980 - R
1984 - R
1988 - R
1992 - D
1996 - D
2000 - R
2004 - R

The area is socially and fiscally conservative but will support a moderate Democrat, such as the state senator Mike Machado. 

[Bugs]

I've lived in seven different counties since the mid-sixties.  Three are in Oregon.  Polk county only voted for one Democrat, Johnson in 1964.  Most of my upbringing was in Marion Co, which voted for two Dems, Johnson and Clinton '96 (not 92). I went to college in Lane Co, which, as seen above, only went Republican four times: three for Nixon and Reagan 1980.  Then I lived in three counties--Washoe Nevada,  Ada Idaho, and Decatur Kansas, all three which did not vote for any Dems for the entire period. I now live in Adair County Oklahoma.
1960 Nixon                  1984 Reagan
1964 Johnson              1988 Bush
1968 Nixon                   1992 Bush
1972 Nixon                  1996 Dole
1976 Carter                  2000 Bush
1980 Reagan                2004 Bush

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

Burlington County, NJ

1960- Nixon
1964- Johnson
1968- Nixon
1972- Nixon
1976- Carter
1980- Reagan
1984- Reagan
1988- Bush
1992- Clinton
1996- Clinton
2000- Gore
2004- Kerry

[Democratic Hawk]

Well, my constituency in the UK has voted for the labour party every time since the early 60s I believe.

Durham City (parliamentary constituency) has been Labour since 1935 and my parish (Bearpark) is Labour: 7 Labour; 3 independents and 1 Resident (Tory)

My village (solid Labour) now has Liberal Democrat City councillors because we were included with a more populous Witton Gilbert, where the Liberal Democrats are dominant nowadays. City of Durham District Council went Lib Dem in 2003

Dave

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Well, my constituency in the UK has voted for the labour party every time since the early 60s I believe.

Durham City (parliamentary constituency) has been Labour since 1935 and my parish (Bearpark) is Labour: 7 Labour; 3 independents and 1 Resident (Tory)

My village (solid Labour) now has Liberal Democrat City councillors because we were included with a more populous Witton Gilbert, where the Liberal Democrats are dominant nowadays. City of Durham District Council went Lib Dem in 2003

Dave

Durham City Council's wards look gerrymandered

[KentonNgo]

1960 Nixon
1964 Goldwater
1968 Nixon
1972 Nixon
1976 Ford
1980 Reagan
1984 Reagan
1988 Bush
1992 Bush
1996 Dole
2000 Bush
2004 Kerry

It's about time, too.

[Alcon]

Oh, yes, and...

Corson County, South Dakota
1960 - Nixon
1964 - Johnson
1968 - Nixon
1972 - Nixon
1976 - Carter
1980 - Reagan
1984 - Reagan
1988 - Dukakis
1992 - Bush
1996 - Clinton
2000 - Bush
2004 - Kerry

[A18]

Corson County, South Dakota
2000 - Bush
2004 - Kerry

Your county is a FLIP-FLOPPER!!! :-)

[nclib]

1960 Nixon
1964 Goldwater
1968 Nixon
1972 Nixon
1976 Ford
1980 Reagan
1984 Reagan
1988 Bush
1992 Bush
1996 Dole
2000 Bush
2004 Kerry

It's about time, too.

Is that Fairfax County?

[Alcon]

Corson County, South Dakota
2000 - Bush
2004 - Kerry

Your county is a FLIP-FLOPPER!!! :-)

Tell me about it...Reagan, Dukakis, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Kerry...it went 56-42 Kerry, 51-44 Bush, 42-41-17 Clinton, 39-36-26 Bush, 50-49 Dukakis, 55-45 Reagan. Ridiculous, really.

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

Shelby County, TN

2004: Kerry
2000: Gore
1996: Clinton
1992: Clinton
1988: Bush
1984: Reagan
1980: Carter
1976: Carter
1972: Nixon
1968: Humphrey
1964: Johnson
1960: Nixon
1956: Eisenhower
1952: Stevenson
1948: Thurmond
1944: Roosevelt
1940: Roosevelt
1936: Roosevelt
1932: Roosevelt
1928: Smith
1924: Davis
1920: Cox
1916: Wilson
1912: Wilson