US Counties With the Highest Republican Share of the Two-party Vote, 2012

3,112 US counties ranked by republican share of the two-party vote, 2012, from highest to lowest. First are King County, TX (96.5), Madison County, ID (94.2) and Franklin County, ID (94.1). The middle one of the 3,112 has 62.

What this measures

The Republican candidate's share of the votes for the two main parties in the 2012 presidential election, Romney against Obama. Third-party votes are left out, just as in the other years. Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab.

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

Rank	County	% of the two-party vote
1	King County, TX	96.5
2	Madison County, ID	94.2
3	Franklin County, ID	94.1
4	Sterling County, TX	93.7
5	Roberts County, TX	93.4
6	Glasscock County, TX	92.3
7	Hansford County, TX	91.8
8	Oldham County, TX	91.8
9	Rich County, UT	91.7
10	Ochiltree County, TX	91.5
11	Grant County, NE	91.5
12	Wallace County, KS	91.4
13	Uintah County, UT	91.3
14	Millard County, UT	91.2
15	Leslie County, KY	91.1
16	Morgan County, UT	91.1
17	Borden County, TX	91
18	Duchesne County, UT	90.7
19	Motley County, TX	90.7
20	Sevier County, UT	90.7
21	Garfield County, MT	90.4
22	Piute County, UT	90.4
23	Cimarron County, OK	90.4
24	Hayes County, NE	90.3
25	Shackelford County, TX	90.3
26	Hartley County, TX	90.3
27	Blaine County, NE	90.2
28	Utah County, UT	90.1
29	Lipscomb County, TX	89.8
30	Box Elder County, UT	89.6
31	Sanpete County, UT	89.6
32	Thomas County, NE	89.6
33	Jack County, TX	89.5
34	Oneida County, ID	89.4
35	Beaver County, OK	89.4
36	Armstrong County, TX	89.4
37	Carson County, TX	89.4
38	Bear Lake County, ID	89.2
39	Wheeler County, TX	89
40	Cameron Parish, LA	88.9
41	Harding County, SD	88.6
42	Kimble County, TX	88.5
43	Juab County, UT	88.4
44	Jefferson County, ID	88.4
45	Arthur County, NE	88.3
46	Sherman County, TX	88.2
47	LaSalle Parish, LA	88.2
48	Crook County, WY	87.9
49	Harper County, OK	87.9
50	Gray County, TX	87.9
51	Jackson County, KY	87.7
52	Dawson County, GA	87.7
53	Carter County, MT	87.6
54	Blount County, AL	87.5
55	Ellis County, OK	87.5
56	Stevens County, KS	87.4
57	Campbell County, WY	87.4
58	Sheridan County, KS	87.3
59	Banks County, GA	87.3
60	Archer County, TX	87.3
61	Coleman County, TX	87.2
62	Haakon County, SD	87.2
63	Coke County, TX	87.2
64	Hemphill County, TX	87.1
65	Caribou County, ID	87.1
66	Mills County, TX	87.1
67	Weston County, WY	87
68	Emery County, UT	86.9
69	Gove County, KS	86.9
70	Iron County, UT	86.9
71	Rock County, NE	86.7
72	Cassia County, ID	86.7
73	Gaines County, TX	86.7
74	Hutchinson County, TX	86.7
75	Winston County, AL	86.6
76	Glascock County, GA	86.6
77	Rawlins County, KS	86.6
78	McMullen County, TX	86.5
79	Throckmorton County, TX	86.5
80	Banner County, NE	86.3
81	Beaver County, UT	86.3
82	Young County, TX	86.3
83	Brown County, TX	86.2
84	Scott County, KS	86.2
85	Chase County, NE	86.2
86	Eureka County, NV	86.1
87	Sioux County, NE	86.1
88	George County, MS	86
89	Livingston Parish, LA	85.9
90	Stephens County, TX	85.9
91	Fremont County, ID	85.8
92	Major County, OK	85.8
93	Loving County, TX	85.7
94	Kiowa County, KS	85.7
95	Runnels County, TX	85.7
96	Irion County, TX	85.6
97	Dewey County, OK	85.6
98	Garfield County, UT	85.6
99	San Saba County, TX	85.5
100	Montague County, TX	85.4

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