Results by Census Regions and Divisions

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I'm gonna start a new topic now:
Results by Census Regions and Divisions, using the official definitions by the Bureau of the Census:



I know that the classifications of Maryland, Delaware and D.C. are a bit divisive (not to say wrong), but I'll do it the official way.

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2012

Region New England Middle Atlantic South Atlantic East South Central West South Central East North Central West North Central Mountain West Pacific West Northeast South Midwest West

Obama 59.11% 58.24% 50.18% 39.36% 39.97% 52.55% 46.42% 44.35% 58.79% 58.50% 45.71% 50.60% 54.07%

Romney 39.09% 40.33% 48.42% 59.28% 58.57% 45.76% 51.38% 53.02% 38.29% 39.96% 52.87% 47.55% 43.10%

2008

Region New England Middle Atlantic South Atlantic East South Central West South Central East North Central West North Central Mountain West Pacific West Northeast South Midwest West

Obama 60.64% 58.72% 51.38% 41.02% 41.57% 55.83% 49.47% 47.46% 59.82% 59.27% 47.00% 53.82% 55.92%

McCain 37.53% 40.05% 47.52% 57.79% 57.36% 42.57% 48.71% 50.42% 37.90% 39.33% 51.89% 44.50% 41.85%

2004

Region New England Middle Atlantic South Atlantic East South Central West South Central East North Central West North Central Mountain West Pacific West Northeast South Midwest West

Bush 40.80% 44.27% 52.82% 59.37% 60.32% 49.40% 53.76% 56.68% 45.16% 43.29% 56.06% 50.78% 48.71%

Kerry 57.70% 54.63% 46.38% 39.91% 38.97% 49.85% 45.16% 41.88% 53.42% 55.50% 43.17% 48.37% 49.86%

2000

Region New England Middle Atlantic South Atlantic East South Central West South Central East North Central West North Central Mountain West Pacific West Northeast South Midwest West

Gore 56.14% 56.18% 47.15% 43.28% 39.92% 49.20% 44.33% 39.62% 51.87% 56.17% 44.35% 47.67% 48.32%

Bush 36.97% 39.99% 50.50% 54.90% 57.55% 47.66% 51.32% 54.72% 42.80% 39.11% 53.34% 48.81% 46.26%

Nader 5.63% 2.96% 1.46% 1.10% 1.66% 2.26% 3.12% 3.92% 4.15% 3.74% 1.45% 2.53% 4.09%

1992

Region New England Middle Atlantic South Atlantic East South Central West South Central East North Central West North Central Mountain West Pacific West Northeast South Midwest West

Clinton 44.41% 46.75% 42.76% 43.76% 39.64% 42.92% 40.45% 36.29% 45.08% 46.06% 41.99% 42.15% 42.64%

Bush 31.68% 36.08% 41.31% 44.76% 40.44% 37.19% 36.26% 38.06% 32.72% 34.79% 41.68% 36.90% 34.21%

Perot 23.31% 16.51% 15.51% 10.95% 19.30% 19.38% 22.77% 24.06% 21.39% 18.51% 15.84% 20.44% 22.13%

1996

Region New England Middle Atlantic South Atlantic East South Central West South Central East North Central West North Central Mountain West Pacific West Northeast South Midwest West

Clinton 56.77% 54.86% 47.69% 45.56% 45.86% 49.56% 45.89% 42.63% 50.36% 55.41% 46.76% 48.40% 48.15%

Dole 31.02% 34.81% 44.05% 47.20% 45.92% 39.82% 42.53% 46.39% 38.20% 33.71% 45.18% 40.68% 40.54%

Perot 10.10% 8.61% 7.50% 6.49% 7.41% 9.50% 10.19% 8.72% 7.53% 9.04% 7.29% 9.72% 7.87%

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You're already finished? how cool ...

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You're already finished? how cool ...

I'm not quite as quick as all that - I'd made them up some time ago but had never thought to put them up here.

That's really great work.
But would you mind making the maps a bit smaller? It's a bit confusing this way.

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There have been five presidents (since 1892) who won each division:

Hoover (1928)
Roosevelt (1932, 1936)
Nixon (1972)
Reagan (1980, 1984)
Bush Sr. (1988, lol)

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There have been only three third-party candidates (since 1982) who won a division:

Weaver in 1982 (Mountain West)
T. Roosevelt in 1912 (Pacific West)
Wallace in 1968 (East South Central)

None has won a region.

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It's a bit very strange to see Clinton lose the West South Central (albeit by an extremely close margin of 0.06%).

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Ok, yeah so it's definitely Maryland that gave the region to Obama. That's an amazing margin of victory in a relatively small state, but it's also a good argument that MD and maybe DE don't fit well into the region. The South Atlantic states from VA to FL could be described as lean GOP as a whole but when you add MD to the region it totally swings it. Kinda cool.

Someone wrote that there were made attempts in the '70s to shift MD, DC and DE to the Middle Atlantic, but the Bureau of the Census wanted to keep consistency.
Furthermore, West Virginia should be added to the East South Central.

I Wish the electoral college was based on census regions because then I'd be living in a blue state!

Hell no...

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Three [four] presidents didn't win their home division:

1892: Grover Cleveland
1916: Woodrow Wilson
[1968: Richard Nixon]
1992+1996 : Bill Clinton!!!

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No loser has ever won three of four regions,

Harrison 1892?

Oh, indeed, you're right.

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What about 1912 Theodore Roosevelt?

T. Roosevelt lost the election that year.

As for Clinton, two words: Ross Perot.

No. Clinton's disadvantage was to live in division that contains Texas, which swallows the other three small states in terms of population.