Does the 1972 map resemble 2000-2016 maps?

[darklordoftech]

If you look at where and with what demographics Nixon and McGovern did best/worst, does it resemble 2000-2016?

[darklordoftech]

If you shift every state to their vote relative to the nation, simulating a 49%/49%/2% popular result, you get this:

That doesn't look much like a 2000-2016 map to me.

Maybe it would be more informative to look at how each state voted in comparison to the state that was closest?

[darklordoftech]

What I had in mind with the OP is that Nixon did better with working class, rural, and evangelical voters than in 1972 than he did in 1960 and 1968 or any other Republican did in 1932-1996. Also, Nixon won West Virginia, one of three times WV voted Republican in 1932-1996.