US Counties With the Lowest Republican Share of the Two-party Vote, 2008

3,112 US counties ranked by republican share of the two-party vote, 2008, from lowest to highest. First are District of Columbia, DC (6.6), Petersburg city, VA (10.3) and Prince George's County, MD (10.5). The middle one of the 3,112 has 58.2.

What this measures

The Republican candidate's share of the votes for the two main parties in the 2008 presidential election, McCain 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 lowest counties

More on republican share of the two-party vote, 2008

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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.