US Counties With the Highest Presidential Votes Cast, 2004

3,110 US counties ranked by presidential votes cast, 2004, from highest to lowest. First are McMullen County, TX (905.30), Cameron Parish, LA (888.55) and Blaine County, NE (880.52). The middle one of the 3,110 has 431.50.

What this measures

The total number of presidential votes cast in 2004. Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab.

This is a count, so it is ranked per 1,000 residents. Ranked by the raw total, it would just list the biggest counties.

For most measures, a national ranking mostly sorts places by income and by how urban they are. Each county’s own page compares it with the 50 counties most like it instead, which is often the fairer view.

The 100 highest counties

More on presidential votes cast, 2004

• US Counties With the Lowest Presidential Votes Cast, 2004
• Presidential votes cast, 2004 by US county: map by year and what it goes with

A ranking describes places, not the people in them, and a high or low place does not by itself say why. All US rankings.