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October 08, 2003

The Schwarzenegger counties

Schwarzenegger won a plurality in 50 of the 58 counties, and took an outright majority in 36 of them. All of the counties where he finished second to Cruz are clustered around San Francisco Bay or around the north and central coasts. His best county was Sutter, the rural county north of Sacramento, where he got a whopping 65 percent of the vote. Interestingly, the better Schwarzenegger did in those counties, the better McClintock did too. In a handful, Tom finished second. Here is the map.