2008: Jimmy Carter vs. John McCain

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Keep this map in mind: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/1980prescountymap2.PNG

Why keep that map in mind but not the 1976 map?

I was trying to counter the argument that everyone stopped supporting Carter between 1976 and 1980.

True, and I think against a more moderate Republican Carter would have at least held the Deep South, as all these states were close and Reagan more or less used dog whistles to appeal to white Southerners who otherwise would've been Carter voters.

Even if you look at county by county in 1980, Carter's best region was the South