New England

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Nothing will ever compare to the Solid South.  Starting with the 1880 election, a Republican didn't win a former Confederate state until 1920, when Harding won Tennessee by 3% of the vote.  In South Carolina, the GOP got 23.4% in 1884; they didn't get 20% again until 1952; in Mississippi, they got 26% in 1888, and did get 20% again until 1952.

The Solid South was unique in its scope.  We will never again see a region dominated so completely as long as we are a true two party system.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Oh for a return to those golden days of New England politics, the days when New Englanders appreciated iniative, enterprise, and independent thinking.

Let's take a trip back in time to that glorious era when the Republicans held sway in this part of the nation.

1856 Republican sweep
1860 Republican sweep
1864 Republican sweep
1868 Republican sweep
1872 Republican sweep
1876 ME, NH, VT, MA, RI
1880 Republican sweep
1884 ME, NH, VT, MA, RI
1888 ME, NH, VT, MA, RI
1892 ME, NH, VT, MA, RI
1896 Republican sweep
1900 Republican sweep
1904 Republican sweep
1908 Republican sweep
1912 VT
1916 ME, VT, MA, CT, RI
1920 Republican sweep
1924 Republican sweep
1928 ME, NH, VT, CT
1932 ME, NH, VT, CT (Even in the FDR landslide and the darkest of times for Republicans)
1936 ME, VT (Even running against the most popular President)
1940 ME, VT
1944 ME, VT
1948 ME, NH, VT, CT
1952 Republican sweep
1956 Republican sweep
1960 ME, NH, VT
1964 Wiped out
1968 NH, VT (I believe that ME would have been GOP had Muskie not been on the Dem ticket)
1972 ME, NH, VT, CT, RI
1976 ME, NH, VT, CT
1980 ME, NH, VT, MA, CT
1984 Republican sweep
1988 ME, NH, VT, CT
1992 Wiped out
1996 Wiped out
2000 NH
2000 Wiped out
2004 Wiped out
2008 Wiped out

Let's look at the South, just for fun.

1856  Democratic Sweep
1860  Wiped out (Breckenridge, Bell)
1868  LA, GA
1872  TX, GA, TN
1876  VA, NC, TN, GA, AL, MS, AR, TX
1880  Democratic Sweep
1884  Democratic Sweep
1888  Democratic Sweep
1892  Democratic Sweep
1896  Democratic Sweep
1900  Democratic Sweep
1904  Democratic Sweep
1908  Democratic Sweep
1912  Democratic Sweep
1916  Democratic Sweep
1920  VA, NC, SC, GA, AL, FL, MS, LA, AR, TX
1924  Democratic Sweep
1928  SC, GA, AL, MS, LA, AR
1932  Democratic Sweep
1936  Democratic Sweep
1940  Democratic Sweep
1944  Democratic Sweep
1948  VA, NC, TN, GA, FL, AR, TX
1952  NC, SC, GA, AL, MS, LA, AR
1956  NC, SC, GA, AL, MS, AR
1960  NC, SC, GA, AL, LA, AR, TX
1964  VA, NC, TN, FL, AR, TX
1968  TX
1972  Wiped Out
1976  NC, TN, SC, GA, AL, FL, MS, LA, AR, TX
1980  GA
1984  Wiped Out
1988  Wiped Out
1992  TN, GA, LA, AR
1996  TN, FL, LA, AR
2000  Wiped Out
2004  Wiped Out
2008  VA, NC, FL

About as solid as New England, now that I look at it.