Using election results data from MEDSL, I was able to make maps showing county-level presidential election results for the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 presidential elections.
Interesting Findings
– No third-party candidate won any county in these 5 elections
– No county had a tie between the top two vote getters
– No county voted for the losing candidate in every election: (00-D, 04-D, 08-R, 12-R, 16-D)
– 39 counties voted: (00-D, 04-D, 08-R, 12-R, 16-R), only getting their first winner in 2016
Maps
(Please note: the maps are fairly high resolution, which means they may take a second to load. If you are struggling to view the counties, you can open the image in a new tab and enlarge the image)
Given the large number of different outcomes, it’s a bit easier to view the data by splitting the map into counties that voted Democratic in 2000 and counties that voted Republican:
Notes
– “INCOMPLETE” refers to Broomfield County, which became a new county in 2001. The boundaries in surrounding counties changed slightly as a result of this change.
– Election data from MEDSL and county shapes from the Census
– My apologies to Hawaii and Alaska, which will be included in future versions of this post