last time a state voted more the other way

[freepcrusher]

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.