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US Counties With the Lowest Presidential Votes Cast, 2008

3,110 US counties ranked by presidential votes cast, 2008, from lowest to highest. First are Hidalgo County, TX (148.46), Starr County, TX (148.79) and Webb County, TX (174.88). The middle one of the 3,110 has 445.82.

What this measures

The total number of presidential votes cast in 2008. 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 lowest counties

RankCountyPer 1,000 residents
1Hidalgo County, TX148.46
2Starr County, TX148.79
3Webb County, TX174.88
4Cameron County, TX178.78
5Chattahoochee County, GA180.05
6Gaines County, TX185.67
7Maverick County, TX189.35
8McKenzie County, ND190.13
9Long County, GA197.01
10Atascosa County, TX198.53
11Franklin County, WA201.65
12Zapata County, TX206.86
13Yuma County, AZ210.01
14El Paso County, TX213.82
15Imperial County, CA216.49
16Ector County, TX218.17
17Kaufman County, TX218.67
18Coryell County, TX218.83
19Liberty County, TX220.69
20Tulare County, CA221.13
21Dallam County, TX221.31
22Merced County, CA223.42
23Frio County, TX225.43
24Geary County, KS225.49
25Tooele County, UT226.19
26Kings County, CA229.72
27Utah County, UT230.07
28Hays County, TX230.29
29Reeves County, TX232.77
30Pinal County, AZ233.47
31LaGrange County, IN233.79
32Adams County, WA234.80
33Fort Bend County, TX235.91
34Bell County, TX237.84
35Williams County, ND238.09
36Wasatch County, UT238.24
37Onslow County, NC240.74
38Montgomery County, TX241.09
39Willacy County, TX242.51
40Madison County, ID243.70
41Walker County, TX244.55
42Manassas Park city, VA244.64
43Liberty County, GA245.05
44Williamson County, TX246.01
45Harris County, TX246.19
46Brazos County, TX246.55
47Seward County, KS246.58
48Caldwell County, TX246.86
49Osceola County, FL247.38
50Montgomery County, TN247.93
51Andrews County, TX249.97
52Holmes County, OH250.79
53Bastrop County, TX253.18
54Lea County, NM254.87
55La Salle County, TX255.69
56Kern County, CA255.76
57Moore County, TX256.05
58Queens County, NY256.47
59Deaf Smith County, TX256.61
60Denton County, TX257.24
61Potter County, TX257.33
62Yuba County, CA257.60
63Bexar County, TX258.04
64Benton County, AR258.28
65Jackson County, MO259.48
66Ford County, KS259.69
67Waller County, TX260.84
68Washington County, UT260.92
69Bee County, TX263.13
70Ellis County, TX264.08
71Riverside County, CA264.21
72Canyon County, ID265.04
73Johnson County, TX265.07
74Collin County, TX265.61
75San Joaquin County, CA265.87
76Guadalupe County, TX266.08
77Hendry County, FL266.66
78Madera County, CA266.74
79Pecos County, TX267.64
80Whitfield County, GA268.40
81Bronx County, NY268.66
82Fresno County, CA269.02
83Val Verde County, TX269.06
84Midland County, TX269.49
85Winkler County, TX269.50
86Hudspeth County, TX269.59
87Chambers County, TX270.28
88Mitchell County, TX270.44
89Berkeley County, SC271.36
90Washington County, AR271.50
91Crowley County, CO271.71
92Finney County, KS272.47
93Grant County, WA273.21
94Iron County, UT273.25
95Grimes County, TX273.89
96Rockwall County, TX274.23
97Trousdale County, TN274.38
98Brazoria County, TX274.96
99Bryan County, GA275.17
100Weber County, UT275.73

More on presidential votes cast, 2008

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