Regional Voting Patterns, 1964-2008

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New England (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island)

1964
Johnson (D) - 72.91%
Goldwater (R) - 27.09%

1968
Humphrey (D) - 57.25%
Nixon (R) - 38.55%
Wallace (AI) - 4.20%

1972
Nixon (R) - 52.93%
McGovern (D) - 47.07%

1976
Carter (D) - 52.98%
Ford (R) - 47.02%

1980
Reagan (R) - 45.28%
Carter (D) - 40.85%
Anderson (I) - 13.87%

1984
Reagan (R) - 56.41%
Mondale (D) - 43.59%

1988
Bush (R) - 50.08%
Dukakis (D) - 49.92%

1992
Clinton (D) - 44.68%
Bush (R) - 31.87%
Perot (Ref) - 23.45%

1996
Clinton (D) - 57.99%
Dole (R) - 31.69%
Perot (Ref) - 10.32%

2000
Gore (D) - 56.86%
Bush (R) - 37.44%
Nader (G) - 5.70%

2004
Kerry (D) - 58.58%
Bush (R) - 41.42%

2008
Obama (D) - 61.77%
McCain (R) - 38.23%

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Awesome.  Keep it up

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Deep South (South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas)

1964
Goldwater (R) - 59.62%
Johnson (D) - 40.38%

1968
Wallace (AI) - 49.38%
Humphrey (D) - 25.85%
Nixon (R) - 24.77%

1972
Nixon (R) - 73.27%
McGovern (D) - 26.73%

1976
Carter (D) - 58.68%
Ford (R) - 41.32%

1980
Carter (D) - 49.83%
Reagan (R) - 48.35%
Anderson (I) - 1.82%

1984
Reagan (R) - 61.53%
Mondale (D) - 38.47%

1988
Bush (R) - 59.00%
Dukakis (D) - 41.00%

1992
Bush (R) - 44.40%
Clinton (D) - 44.00%
Perot (Ref) - 11.60%

1996
Clinton (D) - 47.45%
Dole (R) - 46.08%
Perot (Ref) - 6.48%

2000
Bush (R) - 55.46%
Gore (D) - 43.27%
Nader (G) - 1.27%

2004
Bush (R) - 58.83%
Kerry (D) - 41.17%

2008
McCain (R) - 56.51%
Obama (D) - 43.49%

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Unfortunately not much variation here - whoever wins California wins the region, for obvious reasons.

West Coast (Washington, Oregon, California)

1964
Johnson (D) - 60.02%
Goldwater (R) - 39.98%

1968
Nixon (R) - 47.91%
Humphrey (D) - 45.28%
Wallace (AI) - 6.80%

1972
Nixon (R) - 55.38%
McGovern (D) - 41.46%
Schmitz (AI) - 3.16%

1976
Ford (R) - 51.00%
Carter (D) - 49.00%

1980
Reagan (R) - 53.28%
Carter (D) - 37.45%
Anderson (I) - 9.27%

1984
Reagan (R) - 57.77%
Mondale (D) - 42.23%

1988
Bush (R) - 51.05%
Dukakis (D) - 48.95%

1992
Clinton (D) - 45.62%
Bush (R) - 32.76%
Perot (Ref) - 21.62%

1996
Clinton (D) - 52.54%
Dole (R) - 39.69%
Perot (Ref) - 7.77%

2000
Gore (D) - 52.84%
Bush (R) - 43.12%
Nader (G) - 4.04%

2004
Kerry (D) - 54.49%
Bush (R) - 45.51%

2008
Obama (D) - 61.32%
McCain (R) - 38.68%

[the artist formerly known as catmusic]

great job. this is interesting.

[phk]

Unfortunately not much variation here - whoever wins California wins the region, for obvious reasons.

You could do weighted averaging.

[Nym90]

Is Arkansas generally considered to be part of the Deep South? I've usually just seen it defined as the line of states from South Carolina to Louisiana.

Obviously southern Arkansas could well be considered part of this region, but most people probably wouldn't say that Wal-Mart's headquarters is in the Deep South.

But keep up the good work!

[12th Doctor]

Is Arkansas generally considered to be part of the Deep South? I've usually just seen it defined as the line of states from South Carolina to Louisiana.

Obviously southern Arkansas could well be considered part of this region, but most people probably wouldn't say that Wal-Mart's headquarters is in the Deep South.

But keep up the good work!

I was thinking about that as well, but, if you think about it, Arkansas has tended to vote with Alabama and Mississippi more often than Tennessee or Virginia.

[12th Doctor]

I mean, you have to go back further than this to really see the trend, but chances are, if there is any break in the Southern vote, Arkansas is breaking for the Deep South and not the Upper South.

[5280]

Interesting tidbits of information here.

[Ebowed]

Unfortunately not much variation here - whoever wins California wins the region, for obvious reasons.

You could do weighted averaging.

True, but I don't think that would change any result other than 1988.

[Antonio the Sixth]

New England (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island)

1964
Johnson (D) - 72.91%
Goldwater (R) - 27.09%

1968
Humphrey (D) - 57.25%
Nixon (R) - 38.55%
Wallace (AI) - 4.20%

1972
Nixon (R) - 52.93%
McGovern (D) - 47.07%

1976
Carter (D) - 52.98%
Ford (R) - 47.02%

1980
Reagan (R) - 45.28%
Carter (D) - 40.85%
Anderson (I) - 13.87%

1984
Reagan (R) - 56.41%
Mondale (D) - 43.59%

1988
Bush (R) - 50.08%
Dukakis (D) - 49.92%

1992
Clinton (D) - 44.68%
Bush (R) - 31.87%
Perot (Ref) - 23.45%

1996
Clinton (D) - 57.99%
Dole (R) - 31.69%
Perot (Ref) - 10.32%

2000
Gore (D) - 56.86%
Bush (R) - 37.44%
Nader (G) - 5.70%

2004
Kerry (D) - 58.58%
Bush (R) - 41.42%

2008
Obama (D) - 61.77%
McCain (R) - 38.23%

I did a map sometimes ago about presidential election results in New England since 1824. Here is it :



Green being Whig, yellow Progressive, orange Southerner and grey "others".