According to Richard Winger at Ballot-Access News, Barr has outpolled Obama in at least one county. Although this county appears to have always rewarded Libertarian and Constitution Party candidates with more than the average number of votes, it has never been this high of a percentage.
The vote for president in Grant County, North Dakota was: McCain 587 (44.17%), Barr 297 (22.35%), Obama 280 (21.07%), Baldwin 148 (11.14%), Nader 17 (1.28%). There were also 22 write-ins, but no one made a record of whom they were cast for.
Being remote and inaccessible are their own rewards. Though I wonder how many nuclear missile silos that county hosts.
@8 Different tastes satisfy different folks. For my own part, I detest North Dakota in February for its 40 mph wind chill and temperatures around 40 below zero Fahrenheit. It can be very nice in Summer, though.
I think the point was that not only does it not have any Interstate highways, but not even US highways either.
Looks like a typo, Baldwin and Barr totals swapped with Obama and McCain in one precinct in that county.
“(note I didn’t say Interstate highways, just US highways).”
According to Street Atlas it doesn’t have any Interstate Highways either.
Towns include Elgin, Raliegh, Shields, New Leipzig, and Lark.
About 45 miles by car, Southwest of Bismark.
richardwinger,
you say it like it’s a bad thing. Having no highways is exactly what more of this involuntary country needs.
JimDavidson,
Land would be cheap, but who would want to live there? North Dakota, particularly those ND counties that are remote by ND standards, is not the greatest place on Earth. I’ve been to Williston too many times…
Steve,
North Dakota conducted a convention, not a primary, in 2008—so there is no telling whether Ron Paul did well there…but he placed 3rd in the Caucus, nearly tied for second.
2,841 people were living in that county as of the 2000 census. 1351 people voted. So a bit less than 48% of the population voted.
That’s interesting. About 300 people could throw the national election vote. About 700 people would determine the make-up of the county government.
It might have good potential for a Free State Project of Free State Wyoming type of freedom association project. Looks like lots of land there.
Two obervations come up here.
1. Sometimes voting machines will record votes of one candidate for another. Usually nobody notices, unless a third party candidate gets more votes than expected on a single machine. Apparently, this is not the case here.
2. Is this an area of the state where Ron Paul polled better in the primary election?
Pacem en Terris
Steve
There used to be a county in ND, I think, called Armstrong County that had no Federal employees—what happened to it? Did it get annexed by another county?
I think the CP could thrive in North Dakota because of North Dakota’s highly conservative enclaves that also tend to be anti-war.
The county is so little and so remote, it doesn’t even have any US highways in it (note I didn’t say Interstate highways, just US highways).
Any elected Libertarians of CPers there? Any plans on running LP or CP candidates there?