(Thread) Interesting factoids about presidential elections.

[Battista Minola 1616]

Every time that Arizona voted Democratic, the following states also voted Democratic:
Nevada - New Mexico - Florida - Missouri - Arkansas - Tennessee - Kentucky - (since 1960) Hawaii

California, Washington and Louisiana have also never voted Republican while Arizona voted Democratic (but California and Washington voted for Roosevelt in 1912 and Louisiana voted for Thurmond in 1948).

There's a high probability that this year (2020) the string will be broken for Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky and Louisiana. A small chance it gets broken in Florida also, in my opinion.

[Battista Minola 1616]

Donald Trump is most certainly the first major presidential candidate in history to receive more votes in Richmond County, NY (Staten Island) than in New York County, NY (Manhattan).
He received 36,000 (!) more votes in Staten Island than in Manhattan.



Donald Trump in New York County received...
-barely one fifth of the votes of Eisenhower in 1952, who set the Republican record (although he almost tied himself in 1956).
-barely half of the votes of Goldwater in 1964.
-less than half of the votes of Hoover in 1932.
-less votes than Henry Wallace in 1948.
-less votes than Robert LaFollette in 1924.
-actually the least votes for a major party presidential candidate since the Bronx was detached from the county in 1914 (i.e. since the county coincides with Manhattan).



I found a site that lists buildings. In Manhattan there is apparently around one building higher than 100 feet for every twenty-three Trump voters.

[Battista Minola 1616]

In "heart of coal country" McDowell County, WV, Trump took less than half the raw votes of ALF LANDON IN 1936.

The history of population growth and decline of McDowell County is so weird that the record of votes for a Republican candidate is 16,000 for... Herbert Hoover in 1932.

[Battista Minola 1616]

South Carolina in the 1920's managed to be over 100 percentage points more Democratic than the national average for three times in a row.

[Battista Minola 1616]

It has never happened that Oregon voted Democratic and Washington voted Republican in the same election, although in 1912 Oregon voted D (Wilson) while Washington voted Progressive (Roosevelt).