"The parties switched in 1964."
Say what?
If you look at the map there is a lot of truth to that statement.
It didn't happen in one election but by 2012 the states had pretty much switched; Obama won every state that Lincoln won.
Some states have remained consistently GOP (in the west, Kansas for example).
Many states which were and still are very GOP went for Johnson that year.
States changing doesn’t mean parties “switched,” Good Lord. Lol. This type of elementary analysis is going to produce some hilarious takes about the 1990s GOP vs. today, LMAO.