[Norman Bates]

In Tennessee, McCain took 79 of 87 counties - the most since Nixon in ‘72.

[eyedigress]

That would be 89 of 95. Hee Hee.

[fieldmarshaldj]

89 of 95.

[SageofRugby]

Actually McCain won 89 out of 95 counties in Tennessee losing only Shelby (Memphis), Haywood, Hardeman, Houston,Davidson(Nashville) and Jackson counties.

[Hawthorn]

> In Tennessee, McCain took 79 of 87 counties - the most since Nixon in ‘72. <

Most of the TN counties that went for Big 0 were those with way-above-average black percentages of their populations. Houston and Jackson seem to be only the exceptions. Wonder what’s going on in those two places?

(Maybe they are union strongholds?)