US Counties With the Highest Republican Share of the Two-party Vote, 2016
3,113 US counties ranked by republican share of the two-party vote, 2016, from highest to lowest. First are King County, TX (96.8), Roberts County, TX (96.3) and Garfield County, MT (95.1). The middle one of the 3,113 has 70.1.
What this measures
The Republican candidate's share of the votes for the two main parties in the 2016 presidential election. Third-party votes are left out, so they do not push it up or down. 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
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A ranking describes places, not the people in them, and a high or low place does not by itself say why. All US rankings.