Post by pavel on Feb 1, 2016 3:19:11 GMT -6
If you were coloring a map of Alabama, you'd need to save your reddest red crayon for Blount County.
Blount County has once against been named the most Republican county in Alabama, according to a ranking by 24/7 Wall Street. The rankings are based on the support for 2012 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, as well as county's chosen representatives to the House and the Senate in the past five election cycles.
In 2012, 86 percent of Blount County voters cast their ballot for Romney, who lost to Barack Obama. Both of the House districts representing Blount County are Republicans and they receive strong support from voters there.
And the most Democratic county? According to the same ranking, Greene County has the highest percentage of Democrats in Alabama. President Obama won 85 percent of votes in Greene County in 2012 and the county's residents have sent a Democrat to the U.S. House of Representatives in each of the last five congressional elections.
Read more: www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/01/the_reddest_county_in_alabama.html
Blount County has once against been named the most Republican county in Alabama, according to a ranking by 24/7 Wall Street. The rankings are based on the support for 2012 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, as well as county's chosen representatives to the House and the Senate in the past five election cycles.
In 2012, 86 percent of Blount County voters cast their ballot for Romney, who lost to Barack Obama. Both of the House districts representing Blount County are Republicans and they receive strong support from voters there.
And the most Democratic county? According to the same ranking, Greene County has the highest percentage of Democrats in Alabama. President Obama won 85 percent of votes in Greene County in 2012 and the county's residents have sent a Democrat to the U.S. House of Representatives in each of the last five congressional elections.
Read more: www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/01/the_reddest_county_in_alabama.html