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Last prez election in which the poliboard would have been relatively purple?
Posted on 5/6/26 at 11:56 am
Posted on 5/6/26 at 11:56 am
What is the last pres election in which the poliboard would have legitimately been somewhat divided?
1992 or 1996 seems like the answer
But even gore and Dukakis had strong pockets of white support in some areas
I’m going 1996, but 2000 would have had some lingering dem posters as well.
1992 or 1996 seems like the answer
But even gore and Dukakis had strong pockets of white support in some areas
I’m going 1996, but 2000 would have had some lingering dem posters as well.
This post was edited on 5/6/26 at 11:58 am
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Posted on 5/6/26 at 11:59 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
92
After his first term most sane people realized how bad he was.
After his first term most sane people realized how bad he was.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 12:04 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Whichever one happened before Fox news started
Posted on 5/6/26 at 12:11 pm to atlgamecockman
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Whichever one happened before Fox news started
Yes , when Fox came along we realized we had only been getting the left side of the story . Left wing Rupert Murdoch realized 50 percent of the country was left out of news and decided he could make some money on the side that had been ignored
This post was edited on 5/6/26 at 12:20 pm
Posted on 5/6/26 at 12:13 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Bush Gore was probably close. Clinton Dole was close. Clinton Bush Perot was definitely purple when you throw that independent vote in there.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 12:22 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
1976
Posted on 5/6/26 at 12:23 pm to lowhound
quote:was correct about almost everything
Perot
Posted on 5/6/26 at 12:28 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
1940s
Posted on 5/6/26 at 12:31 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
The odd thing is that La. has never been a swing state. The polling is always lopsided Dem or GOP. That costs us a LOT of money in advertising. Candidates pour millions of dollars into TV, radio and print ads specifically in swing states.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 12:35 pm to DarthRebel
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1976
This map is fake news. I have been assured many times that the north and the south switched parties in the 1960's after the passage of the civil rights act. There is no way the south was still voting Democratic in 1976
Posted on 5/6/26 at 12:36 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
2024. Trump is a moderate and has support from the middle. The Democrats have moved so far Left that it’s hard to see that.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 12:39 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
1992
This is a Louisiana/southeast centric board. After a pretty dominant Republican win in 1988, Louisiana, and several southern states, swung back to Democrat in 1992 (LA, AR, GA, TN, KY). Texas was red by less than 4 pts. In 1996 that started to shift more. GA went red, and the margins favoring Democrats in places like TN and KY started to shrink. By 2000 much of the southeast was decidedly red
This is a Louisiana/southeast centric board. After a pretty dominant Republican win in 1988, Louisiana, and several southern states, swung back to Democrat in 1992 (LA, AR, GA, TN, KY). Texas was red by less than 4 pts. In 1996 that started to shift more. GA went red, and the margins favoring Democrats in places like TN and KY started to shrink. By 2000 much of the southeast was decidedly red
Posted on 5/6/26 at 12:41 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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Last prez election in which the poliboard would have been relatively purple?
Never for me.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 12:41 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Louisiana "Republicans" LOVE them some Bill Clinton. LOVE him, I tell ya.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 12:46 pm to Ace Midnight
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Louisiana "Republicans" LOVE them some Bill Clinton. LOVE him, I tell ya.
Lots of people mistakenly give Bill Clinton credit for the things the Republican-led Congress forced him to enact.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 12:50 pm to DarthRebel
The election of 1976 really was the last in an era.
1976 vs 2024:
- 21 states voted the same in both.
- 29 states voted differently.
Since 1980:
- 15 jurisdictions (states plus DC) have voted the same in all 12 elections.
- 16 additional states have voted the same in all but 1
31 jurisdictions (30 states + D.C.) have voted for the same party in at least 11 of the last 12 presidential elections since 1980
1976 vs 2024:
- 21 states voted the same in both.
- 29 states voted differently.
Since 1980:
- 15 jurisdictions (states plus DC) have voted the same in all 12 elections.
- 16 additional states have voted the same in all but 1
31 jurisdictions (30 states + D.C.) have voted for the same party in at least 11 of the last 12 presidential elections since 1980
This post was edited on 5/6/26 at 12:52 pm
Posted on 5/6/26 at 12:53 pm to Ag Zwin
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31 jurisdictions (30 states + D.C.) have voted for the same party in at least 11 of the last 12 presidential elections since 1980
Ok, is that normal or unusual?
Also in 1992 I bet there would have been a strong Ross Perot contingent on here.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 12:54 pm to Alt26
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1992
This is a Louisiana/southeast centric board. After a pretty dominant Republican win in 1988, Louisiana, and several southern states, swung back to Democrat in 1992 (LA, AR, GA, TN, KY). Texas was red by less than 4 pts. In 1996 that started to shift more. GA went red, and the margins favoring Democrats in places like TN and KY started to shrink. By 2000 much of the southeast was decidedly red
I agree with most of what you are saying but I would say 1996.
Louisiana and Tennessee - the only two states I looked up - actually saw increased support, both in votes and percentages, for the Democrats from 1992.
But by 2000 that was gone. Al Gore couldn't even carry his home state of Tennessee.
I know why the change towards the right was so dramatic in Tennessee - it largely centered on powers that be (including a Republican governor) trying to institute an income tax, although there were a few other issues. Don't know so much about Louisiana.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 12:58 pm to Ag Zwin
Interesting.
Anyway to do since 1992? I bet it is even more dramatic given that California voted Bush in 88 and so did Vermont, Illinois, New Jersey, Connecticut - and a few others that I don't think have voted Republican since.
Anyway to do since 1992? I bet it is even more dramatic given that California voted Bush in 88 and so did Vermont, Illinois, New Jersey, Connecticut - and a few others that I don't think have voted Republican since.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 12:59 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
1960
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