Best state House districts for Obama and McCain

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It would also be interesting to find Obama's best white-majority state House districts.

I'll start with California:

best Obama
dist   Obama %   McCain % Location

52   90.8%   7.8% Los Angeles-Compton
48   89.1%   9.3% Los Angeles
16   87.9%   10.2% Oakland
13   87.5%   10.4% San Francisco
47   85.3%   13.4% Los Angeles

best Obama (white-majority--I've included Asians as white for California since they vote much less as a bloc than blacks and hispanics):
dist   Obama %   McCain % Location

13   87.5%   10.4% San Francisco
14   83.8%   14.1% Berkeley-Richmond-Pleasant Hill
12   79.0%   18.6% San Francisco
6   76.2%   21.9% Marin County
42   75.5%   22.9% Los Angeles (Beverly Hills)

best McCain
dist   Obama %   McCain % Location

32   35.8%   62.5% Kern Co./Bakersfield
2   38.0%   59.7% Shasta Co./Sutter Co.
34   40.6%   57.5% Tulare Co.
77   42.7%   55.7% San Diego Co.
66   43.7%   54.5% Riverside Co.

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From Swing State Project I found the Obama/McCain results for every PA House district. Here is the analysis and a link to all data.


Obama's best:

district   Obama   McCain
190   98.90%   0.96%
201   98.05%   1.73%
191   96.99%   2.80%
197   95.99%   3.67%
192   95.84%   3.98%

All are in Philly (191 also extends into Delaware) and are all majority black.


Obama's best among white-majority districts:

Location   district   Obama   McCain
Philly      182   83.63%   15.44%
Philly          202   83.08%   16.33% - plurality white
Philly      175   80.60%   18.37%
Reading        127   78.32%   20.30% - plurality white
Pittsburgh      23   77.12%   21.92%
Philly/DelCo    185   76.57%   22.82%
Lancaster (city)      96   74.87%   23.71%


best McCain:

dist       Obama    McCain      counties
78   26.84%   71.75%   Fulton, Bedford (pt.), Huntingdon (pt.)
86   30.99%   67.64%   Perry, Franklin (pt.)   
80   31.52%   67.24%   Blair (pt.)      
90   31.83%   67.24%   Franklin (pt.)      
69   31.05%   66.89%   Bedford (pt.), Somerset (pt.)   

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From Swing State Project I found the Obama/McCain results for every PA House district. Here is the analysis and a link to all data.


Obama's best:

district   Obama   McCain
190   98.90%   0.96%
201   98.05%   1.73%
191   96.99%   2.80%
197   95.99%   3.67%
192   95.84%   3.98%

All are in Philly (191 also extends into Delaware) and are all majority black.


Obama's best among white-majority districts:

Location   district   Obama   McCain
Philly      180   91.32%   8.34%
Philly      182   83.63%   15.44%
Philly          202   83.08%   16.33% - plurality white
Philly      175   80.60%   18.37%
Reading        127   78.32%   20.30% - plurality white
Pittsburgh      23   77.12%   21.92%
Philly/DelCo    185   76.57%   22.82%

best McCain:

dist       Obama    McCain      counties
78   26.84%   71.75%   Fulton, Bedford (pt.), Huntingdon (pt.)
86   30.99%   67.64%   Perry, Franklin (pt.)   
80   31.52%   67.24%   Blair (pt.)      
90   31.83%   67.24%   Franklin (pt.)      
69   31.05%   66.89%   Bedford (pt.), Somerset (pt.)   

I thought 180 was Hispanic?

Uhh...I somehow missed that. I'll correct it. Now Obama's best white-majority districts are:

Location   district   Obama   McCain
Philly      182   83.63%   15.44%
Philly         202   83.08%   16.33% - plurality white
Philly      175   80.60%   18.37%
Reading        127   78.32%   20.30% - plurality white
Pittsburgh      23   77.12%   21.92%
Philly/DelCo    185   76.57%   22.82%
Lancaster (city)      96   74.87%   23.71%

Quite surprised about the Lancaster (city). Didn't realize it was that Democratic.