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« on: February 01, 2009, 11:26:56 PM » |
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Indiana stands out as having had its most Republican year in 2004 followed immediately by its most Democratic year in 2008.
Three states flipped 1960-64: Louisiana (D-R), Mississippi (D-R) and Ohio (R-D). Two states flipped 1972-76: North Carolina (R-D) and Florida (R-D). There were no other instances of back-to-back strongest performances for each party.
Interestingly, while 1960 and 1964, as well as 1972 and 1976, demonstrated radical regional shifts due to different factions rising and falling within the Democratic Party, 2004 and 2008 demonstrated no such radical regional shifts. Indiana was just weird. (Then again, the change in Ohio from 1960 to 1964 cannot be explained by regional shifts in those years, either.)
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