Mountain County and Sunrise County are two comparable counties, with similar numbers of registered voters  Both are in the same region of the state  In both counties, about 60% of the registered voters are registered Republicans, and almost all others are registered Democrats  In 2005, Republican candidate Alf Landon ran for supervisor of Mountain County, and Republican candidate Thomas Dewey ran for supervisor of Sunrise County  Both took similar stands on issues, and both ran against conservative Democratic candidates in the general county-wide election, and none of these four candidates was an incumbent at the time of this election  The Republican Congressman representing Sunrise County endorsed Mr  Dewey, but the Republican Congressman representing Mountain County refrained from endorsing Mr  Landon  Mr  Dewey won his election, but Mr  Landon lost his election
Clearly, the endorsement positions of the respective Congressmen were the deciding factors in these elections
How these two counties have voted in US Congressional and US Presidential elections over the past decade.