Mississippi River Valley

By my count, the Mississippi River flows through 124 counties, and they were close to evenly split between Kerry and Bush. Kerry won 63 and while Bush took 61. This accounts for 11% of Kerry's counties nationwide. By state I have them as

Minnesota: 17 for Bush, 5 for Kerry
Wisconsin: 0, 8
Iowa: 2, 8
Illinois: 9, 9
Missouri: 14, 3
Kentucky: 4, 0
Tennessee: 3, 2
Arkansas: 0, 6
Mississippi: 2, 9
Louisiana: 10, 8