Politics
Potter County is one of if not the most Republican counties in Pennsylvania. In 2004, George W. Bush received 5,640 votes (71%) to 2,268 votes (29%) for John Kerry. The county has voted for the Republican in every presidential election since 1964. In 2006, Rick Santorum received 3,476 votes (63%) to 2,012 votes (37%) for Bob Casey, Jr., making it Santorum's strongest county in his defeat. Lynn Swann also received more than 60% of the Potter County vote in his defeat.
Potter County was formerly home to the compound of the Aryan Nations, who established themselves just West of the limits of the town of Ulysses in 2002 after losing their compound in Hayden Lake, Idaho. The group left in 2005 for Lexington, South Carolina.
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