"smokey stevenson" @kurtblumenau.bsky.social · 15/10/2026#TIL that two of the three US counties where John Anderson got the highest percentage of the vote in 1980 were in Massachusetts. Unfortunately, they were Nantucket County and Dukes County (aka Martha's Vineyard.) 220
"smokey stevenson" @kurtblumenau.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Barnstable County, Mass. (Cape Cod) was also in Anderson's top 10. Conversely, there were two counties in Texas -- Loving and Kent -- in which Anderson drew no votes at all. The best and worst counties for each candidate are summarized here:uselectionatlas.org1980 Presidential Election Statistics 000
Vince Guerrieri @vinceguerrieri.com · 15/10/2026My favorite nugget of trivia from that election is that it's the only one where the presidential and vice-presidential candidates on both major party tickets (and the independent ticket) all lived past 90. 000
