Carter 80 - Reagan 84 - Dukakis 88 counties

[darklordoftech]

Amazing to me how many counties in the South (for example, Walker and Cherokee counties in Alabama) backed Michael Dukakis, a self-proclaimed liberal.  The swing to the Republicans over the last 20 years in these areas has been remarkable and massive.

Indeed, Dukakis seems like an awful fit for the South.

[darklordoftech]

Amazing to me how many counties in the South (for example, Walker and Cherokee counties in Alabama) backed Michael Dukakis, a self-proclaimed liberal.  The swing to the Republicans over the last 20 years in these areas has been remarkable and massive.

Indeed, Dukakis seems like an awful fit for the South.

Had Atlas existed in 1989, "A Democrat from outside the South will never win the Presidency in our lifetimes," would be a consensus opinion.

I think that was a common belief at the time.