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Title: last time a state voted more the other way Post by: freepcrusher on July 18, 2012, 11:25:41 PM AL: 1980
AK: 1964 AZ: 1948 AR: 1996 CA: 1980 CO: 2004 CT: 1984 DE: 1988 FL: 1976 GA: 1980 HI: Never ID: 1936 IL: 1976 IN: 1924 IA: 2000 KS: 1916 KY: 1980 LA: 1996 ME: 1988 MD: 1972 MA: 1956 MI: 1988 MN: 1952 MS: 1980 MO: 1992 MT: 1988 NE: 1932 NV: 2004 NH: 2000 NJ: 1992 NM: 2000 NY: 1956 NC: 1980 ND: 1936 OH: 1972 OK: 1956 OR: 1980 PA: 1952 RI: 1956 SC: 1980 SD: 1988 TN: 1984 TX: 1976 UT: 1948 VT: 1976 VA: 1948 WA: 1980 WV: 1996 WI: 2000 WY: 1916 so with that in mind, is there such thing as a realignment? It seems that not all states partisanship tends to go back quite a ways, though with some it is more unpredictable. It seems that you have more semi-realignments but no earthquakes. If anything 1984 looks like somewhat of a realignment. The west coast states started voting more D than the national average (although Carter conceding early might be the reason they voted more R in 1980) and much of the south (which still had a lot of goodwill left for Carter even in 1980) pretty much became lockstep R. Title: Re: last time a state voted more the other way Post by: SingingAnalyst on February 03, 2016, 08:53:31 PM I think 1968 was the beginning of a realignment; 1992 the beginning of another one (or perhaps the continuation of the first).
Title: Re: last time a state voted more the other way Post by: ElectionsGuy on February 03, 2016, 08:55:16 PM Don't mean to be a party pooper, but I already did a thread on this
https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=211303.0 Title: Re: last time a state voted more the other way Post by: Asian Nazi on February 03, 2016, 08:56:52 PM Realignment isn't something that happens overnight. The American political system has been slowly evolving since the beginning. This forum seems to fundamentally misunderstand this in favor of simplified models that match their preconceptions of American history.
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