The Long Memory
Type an address. See the political history of the county that contains it — every presidential election from 1876 to 2024, the demographics, the dominant religious traditions, the most similar places in the country.
e.g., 1 Wyoming Street, Welch, WV
Or start somewhere
Or by political archetype
Realigner
A long Democratic or Republican era that snapped.
e.g. McDowell, WV · Mingo, WV · Logan, WV
Urban anchor
A major urban center that stays dominantly one party.
e.g. Los Angeles, CA · Cook, IL · New York, NY
Democratic loyalist
Reliably Democratic for as long as anyone remembers.
e.g. District of Columbia, DC · Bronx, NY · Kings, NY
Republican loyalist
Reliably Republican for as long as anyone remembers.
e.g. King, TX · Slope, ND · Jackson, SD
Old Confederacy
Former CSA county; Solid South to Reagan country.
e.g. Hinds, MS · Williamsburg, SC · Mecklenburg, NC
Bellwether
Tracks the national winner by narrow margins.
e.g. Vigo, IN · Harrison, KY · Stark, OH
Recent convert
Changed direction in the last decade or so.
e.g. Miami-Dade, FL · Harris, TX · Fairfax, VA
Populist
Working-class flip — D era ended hard in recent cycles.
e.g. Philadelphia, PA · Mahoning, OH · St. Clair, IL
Tossup
Latest election within two points either way.
e.g. Maricopa, AZ · King, WA · Wake, NC
Western maverick
Independent Western streak, hard to predict.
e.g. Teton, WY · Pitkin, CO · Lewis and Clark, MT
Frontier
Sparse pre-1928 records; rural Western pattern.
e.g. Sublette, WY · McCone, MT · Miner, SD
Sparse
A few hundred residents; political identity is personal.
e.g. King, TX · Loup, NE · Loving, TX