How in the world could this happen?!?

[minionofmidas]

Going back til when?

[minionofmidas]

Here's a corrected version. I went with winners' % margin, and went back to 1892 (that's because the Atlas' "Compare state data by year" feature only goes back to 1892)

For some reason, it won't display 90%+ percentages. Therefore, and also to be a little easier on the eyes, all the states are one class lower than they should be, ie states in the 80-90 bracket have the 70+ colour etc.
Here's the list of what election provided the largest win, by state:
1892: Florida
1896: New Hampshire, Vermont, Montana, Idaho, Colorado, Utah, Nevada
1904: Minnesota, South Dakota, Oregon
1912: Virginia
1920: New York, New Jersey, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota, California
1924: Maine, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan
1928: Delaware, Kansas
1932: Georgia, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico
1936: South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Arizona, Washington
1940: North Carolina
1964: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maryland, West Virginia, Hawaii
1972: Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Oklahoma
1984: Nebraska, Wyoming, Alaska

As per Ohio: 60% was only cracked twice in that state in the last 112 years, by Hoover and Johnson. Coolidge's MoV was higher than theirs, though, thanks to the split opposition.

[minionofmidas]

Forgot something on that list:
2004 - District of Columbia

[minionofmidas]

Here's a more realistic one. States' greatest landslide out of the last 12 elections (since 1960). Colours are normal.

[minionofmidas]

Alabama is I >60.
Of course, this map looks at first glance totally reasonable and likely - except for the percentages.

[minionofmidas]

Alabama is I >60.
Of course, this map looks at first glance totally reasonable and likely - except for the percentages.

Revenge of the Rust Belt?

But in that case, why in the heck would Ky. be over 60% Rep?
Maybe both parties campaigned solely on economic issues in the Midwest, solely on social issues in the South?

[minionofmidas]

Sorry I didn't respond to this sooner, I'm having loads of trouble with topic reply notifications.

I must have been going with the win margin instead.  I don't know why I was doing that.  Well, thanks for changing it, Lewis.

No, I went with the win margin too.
Maybe you were a little inconsistent and used win margin in some states, winners' percentage in others. That's the impression I got when I went through the data.