Election Results by Congressional Districts, OFFICIAL THREAD

[Fuzzy]

Any requests?

[Ѕenator Αverroës]

If it hasn't been done yet: Districts where Goldwater outperformed Nixon (1960).

[memphis]

If it hasn't been done yet: Districts where Goldwater outperformed Nixon (1960).

All the Deep South and nowhere else.

[Senator Ben]

Is there any chance we could get the South for 1960?

[Fuzzy]

Is there any chance we could get the South for 1960?

Only parts of it.  I'm still looking for sources. 

[Fuzzy]

If it hasn't been done yet: Districts where Goldwater outperformed Nixon (1960).

I'll see what I can do, but it'll probably take a while. 

[Senator Ben]

Only parts of it.  I'm still looking for sources. 

  Whatever Southern maps you have/can create, I'd love to see!

[Fuzzy]

Thanks to Miles and the Congressional District Data Book: Districts of the 87th Congress by the Census Bureau and the US Chamber of Commerce, I've been able to put together the CD results for Arkansas for 1960.  



Arkansas, 1960

[Fuzzy]

Texas 1952 is on the way. 

[Fuzzy]

Texas 1952







lol at the simple boundaries, and Stevenson's performance in the southern part of the state.

[realisticidealist]

Texas 1952



lol at the simple boundaries, and Stevenson's performance in the southern part of the state.

That's so un-Texas-like.

[Senator Sbane]

Yup. Can't comprehend a Texas map that isn't completely ridiculous.

[realisticidealist]

Fuzzy, if you have the result data, I might be able to make you a template for some of these years/states, if you'd like.

I also have a book at my univ library that has maps of all the house delegations pretty much ever.

[Fuzzy]

Fuzzy, if you have the result data, I might be able to make you a template for some of these years/states, if you'd like.

I also have a book at my univ library that has maps of all the house delegations pretty much ever.

Exellent!  I just sent you a PM regarding the data.  And I would love whatever maps you have to contribute as well. 

[Sibboleth]

At a guess it's malapportioned?

[freepcrusher]

At a guess it's malapportioned?

yep. The 8th district I think had 3 or 4 times as many people as the 17th.

[Fuzzy]

North Carolina, 1960

[freepcrusher]

NC is almost like an inverse of TN. In TN the Western and Middle parts were as democratic as anywhere in the deep south. Eastern Tennessee was always GOP. In NC, the western part (the area that borders East Tennessee) was GOP while the eastern part has always been dem (and still is today).

Its also interesting to see that a lot of the first areas to become GOP in the south are areas that are dem now. An example would be Mecklenburg County, NC and Dallas County, TX. Dallas County gave Nixon 62% in 1960 and Mecklenbug County gave Nixon 55% in 1960. In 2008 Obama won 57% in Dallas County and 61% in Mecklenburg County.

[shua]

The Appalachian areas of the South were more Republican for a long time, all the way back to the Civil War.

[Californian Tony]

The contrast between this map and that in your sig is striking, to say least.

[realisticidealist]

I'm working on national 1952-1960 maps, btw, it's just taking a bit. They're about halfway done.

[Fuzzy]

I'm working on national 1952-1960 maps, btw, it's just taking a bit. They're about halfway done.

Cool.    I look forward to seeing them!

[nclib]

Thanks to Miles' post in another thread:

Here's NC from 1940-1960:

Not sure if this is also for 1964 (or similar), but according to this map in 1964, Goldwater only won the 9th, by only 18 votes.

[MilesC56]

Thanks for the mention, nclib. Actually, after 1960 census, NC got cut to 11 seats from 12.

Here are the pre-1960 and post-1960 maps:

1940-1960


1961


Most of the redistricting drama happened in western NC, as the Democrats axed a seat there. Basically, Mecklenburg and Lincoln were transferred to the 8th and the rest of the 10th was clumped with the Rutherford, Cleveland and Gaston from the 11th.
The old 12th expanded was renumbered the 11th. The 1961 11th is almost identical to the current 11th,

Goldwater won the 9th with 50.9%, or a margin of about 2600 votes. I don't think he would have come close in any of the others, though I suspect his next best would be the 4th, as it took in Davidson and kept Randoplh.

[freepcrusher]

anybody know why Mecklenburg County has always voted differently from the rest of the south? Based on PVIs, it was consistently at around R+10 from 1952 to 1972, then around an R+5 from 1976 to 1988, around EVEN from 1992 to 2004, and is now around a D+8.