(Thread) Interesting factoids about presidential elections.

[Sumner 1868]

Since Nebraska became a state in 1867 Grover Cleveland is the only Democratic president that never won Saline County.

[SingingAnalyst]

Going back to 1884, the following MI counties have voted Republican in every Presidential election except for 1912, when they voted for Teddy Roosevelt: Missaukee, Ottawa, Sanilac.

[SingingAnalyst]

In each of 1980, 1984, and 1988, the GOP carried all nine US Census Bureau regions of the country (New England, Mid Atlantic, South Atlantic, East South Central, West South Central, East North Central, West North Central, Mountain, and Pacific).

In other words, the Dems did not carry a single one of the nine regions in the entire decade of the 1980s.

Going back to 1912, the only other times one party has carried all nine regions were 1932 and 1936 (Dem) and 1972 (GOP).

[Calthrina950]

Going back to 1884, the following MI counties have voted Republican in every Presidential election except for 1912, when they voted for Teddy Roosevelt: Missaukee, Ottawa, Sanilac.

Those were the only three counties in Michigan to vote for Goldwater in 1964.

[morgankingsley]

In each of 1980, 1984, and 1988, the GOP carried all nine US Census Bureau regions of the country (New England, Mid Atlantic, South Atlantic, East South Central, West South Central, East North Central, West North Central, Mountain, and Pacific).

In other words, the Dems did not carry a single one of the nine regions in the entire decade of the 1980s.

Going back to 1912, the only other times one party has carried all nine regions were 1932 and 1936 (Dem) and 1972 (GOP).

Did Wilson carry all 9 in 1912?

Which one did Dukakis come closest to getting in 1988

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In each of 1980, 1984, and 1988, the GOP carried all nine US Census Bureau regions of the country (New England, Mid Atlantic, South Atlantic, East South Central, West South Central, East North Central, West North Central, Mountain, and Pacific).

In other words, the Dems did not carry a single one of the nine regions in the entire decade of the 1980s.

Going back to 1912, the only other times one party has carried all nine regions were 1932 and 1936 (Dem) and 1972 (GOP).

Did Wilson carry all 9 in 1912?

Which one did Dukakis come closest to getting in 1988

Wilson lost the Pacific, which may have ironically been Dukakis' best region.

[SingingAnalyst]

In each of 1980, 1984, and 1988, the GOP carried all nine US Census Bureau regions of the country (New England, Mid Atlantic, South Atlantic, East South Central, West South Central, East North Central, West North Central, Mountain, and Pacific).

In other words, the Dems did not carry a single one of the nine regions in the entire decade of the 1980s.

Going back to 1912, the only other times one party has carried all nine regions were 1932 and 1936 (Dem) and 1972 (GOP).

Did Wilson carry all 9 in 1912?

Which one did Dukakis come closest to getting in 1988

Wilson lost the Pacific, which may have ironically been Dukakis' best region.

In 1980, Carter came closest in the East South Central states, which he lost, 49% - 48% (though he didn't win a single EV from that region). In 1988, Dukakis came closest in New England, which he lost 49.5% - 49.3%, and also came close in the Mid-Atlantic, West North Central, and Pacific regions.

[Calthrina950]

In each of 1980, 1984, and 1988, the GOP carried all nine US Census Bureau regions of the country (New England, Mid Atlantic, South Atlantic, East South Central, West South Central, East North Central, West North Central, Mountain, and Pacific).

In other words, the Dems did not carry a single one of the nine regions in the entire decade of the 1980s.

Going back to 1912, the only other times one party has carried all nine regions were 1932 and 1936 (Dem) and 1972 (GOP).

Did Wilson carry all 9 in 1912?

Which one did Dukakis come closest to getting in 1988

Wilson lost the Pacific, which may have ironically been Dukakis' best region.

In 1980, Carter came closest in the East South Central states, which he lost, 49% - 48% (though he didn't win a single EV from that region). In 1988, Dukakis came closest in New England, which he lost 49.5% - 49.3%, and also came close in the Mid-Atlantic, West North Central, and Pacific regions.

Which regions did Dukakis win?

[SingingAnalyst]

In each of 1980, 1984, and 1988, the GOP carried all nine US Census Bureau regions of the country (New England, Mid Atlantic, South Atlantic, East South Central, West South Central, East North Central, West North Central, Mountain, and Pacific).

In other words, the Dems did not carry a single one of the nine regions in the entire decade of the 1980s.

Going back to 1912, the only other times one party has carried all nine regions were 1932 and 1936 (Dem) and 1972 (GOP).

Did Wilson carry all 9 in 1912?

Which one did Dukakis come closest to getting in 1988

Wilson lost the Pacific, which may have ironically been Dukakis' best region.

In 1980, Carter came closest in the East South Central states, which he lost, 49% - 48% (though he didn't win a single EV from that region). In 1988, Dukakis came closest in New England, which he lost 49.5% - 49.3%, and also came close in the Mid-Atlantic, West North Central, and Pacific regions.

Which regions did Dukakis win?

None. That was my original comment: no Dem won any of the 9 Census-designated regions in any 1980s election.

[Calthrina950]

In each of 1980, 1984, and 1988, the GOP carried all nine US Census Bureau regions of the country (New England, Mid Atlantic, South Atlantic, East South Central, West South Central, East North Central, West North Central, Mountain, and Pacific).

In other words, the Dems did not carry a single one of the nine regions in the entire decade of the 1980s.

Going back to 1912, the only other times one party has carried all nine regions were 1932 and 1936 (Dem) and 1972 (GOP).

Did Wilson carry all 9 in 1912?

Which one did Dukakis come closest to getting in 1988

Wilson lost the Pacific, which may have ironically been Dukakis' best region.

In 1980, Carter came closest in the East South Central states, which he lost, 49% - 48% (though he didn't win a single EV from that region). In 1988, Dukakis came closest in New England, which he lost 49.5% - 49.3%, and also came close in the Mid-Atlantic, West North Central, and Pacific regions.

Which regions did Dukakis win?

None. That was my original comment: no Dem won any of the 9 Census-designated regions in any 1980s election.

I see. I forgot about that comment.

[morgankingsley]

Now that we are deep on the topic of regions, which states count as which in terms of region

[SingingAnalyst]

Now that we are deep on the topic of regions, which states count as which in terms of region

New England: ME, NH, VT, MA, RI, CT
Middle Atlantic: NY, NJ, PA
South Atlantic: DE, MD, WV, DC, VA, NC, SC, GA, FL
East South Central: KY, TN, AL, MS
West South Central: AR, LA, OK, TX
East North Central: MI, OH, IN, IL, WI
West North Central: MO, IA, MN, ND, SD, NE, KS
Mountain: MT, WY, CO, UT, NM, AZ, NV, ID
Pacific: WA, OR, CA, AK, HI

[SingingAnalyst]

Since 1952, more Presidents have begun their tenure in office on Friday than on any other day of the week: Kennedy, Johnson, Ford, Bush 41, and Trump.

Three Presidents since 1952 have begin their tenure in office on a Tuesday: Eisenhower, Reagan, and Obama.

Nixon first took office on a Monday, Carter on a Thursday, Bill Clinton on a Wednesday, and Bush 43 on a Saturday.

[morgankingsley]

I didn't even know Nixon was inagurated on a Monday. Interesting

One more question about the regions: Was there any region Mondale got at least 45 percent in 1984?

[christian peralta]

In 2008, John McCain carried only one county in New England: Piscataquis in Maine
In 2012, Mitt Romney carried four counties in New England: Aside for Piscataquis, he won Litchfield in Connecticut and Carroll & Rockingham in New Hampshire
In 2016, Donald Trump an incredible number of 19 counties: 9 in Maine (Piscataquis, Penobscot, Oxford, Androscoggin, Aroostook, Kennebec, Somerset, Franklin and Washington), 6 in New Hampshire (Hillsborough, Rockingham, Belknap, Carroll, Coos and Sullivan), two in Connecticut (Litchfield and Windham), one in Vermont (Essex) and one in Rhode Island (Kent), the most for a Republican candidate since George H W Bush in 1988 who carried 46 NE counties. (George W Bush in 2000 carried 14 NE counties)

[Alabama_Indy10]

With the passing of John McCain, the last presidential election besides 2008, that does not have both major candidates alive is 1984.

[Politician]

Bush was the first Republican to win without New Mexico since the state was created (Trump is the second).

[SingingAnalyst]

I didn't even know Nixon was inagurated on a Monday. Interesting

One more question about the regions: Was there any region Mondale got at least 45 percent in 1984?

Mondale flirted with 45% in the Middle Atlantic region (NY-NJ-PA). He won about 43.5% in New England. In no other Census-designated region was he close to 45%.

[SingingAnalyst]

Madison County, TN voted with the winner in every Presidential election from 1928 through 1948, and in every Presidential election from 1972 through 1988.

In the five intervening Presidential elections, however, not once did Madison County, TN vote with the winner.

[All Along The Watchtower]

- The Whig Party won only two presidential elections, and both of the Whig Presidents elected died early in their terms.

- Republicans have won 10 of the 18 post-WWII presidential elections.

- Only five of the major party presidential nominees since 1980 did not attend an Ivy League school (Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Walter Mondale, Bob Dole, and John McCain).  Three of them were Republicans, two were Democrats - only two of them were ever elected President (though Carter was of course defeated in 1980), and three of the five were nominees in 1980 and 1984. Two of the five (Carter and McCain) were graduates of the US Naval Academy.

- Of the nine men elected Presidents on the Democratic ticket since the end of the Civil War and the four of these nine who weren't white Southerners (or in Harry Truman's case, borderline white Southerners but descended from Confederates), only two of them were white Protestants. Both of these men - Grover Cleveland and Franklin Roosevelt - were Governors of New York, and both had unique aspects of their elections (Cleveland serving two non-consecutive terms, FDR being elected four times).

[twenty42]

The 1976 Dem nominee outlived the 2008 GOP nominee.

[SingingAnalyst]

The 1976 Dem nominee outlived the 2008 GOP nominee.

Fascinating, especially considering that unsuccessful Presidential candidates tend to outlive Presidents.

[morgankingsley]

The 2012 election is the only election since 1980 in which the republican lost the election by less than 5 percent in the pv as well as lose the election while getting at least 200 electoral votes

[Anzeigenhauptmeister]

The only two South Dakotan counties that Mr. Clinton won in the 1992 primary (Campbell and Roberts) were not won by Mrs. Clinton, neither in 2008 nor in 2016:

[morgankingsley]

Woodrow Wilson in 1912 had the largest percent popular vote margin of any candidate who did not earn a majority of the popular vote. At the time in 1912, it was the third largest since 1824