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« on: June 23, 2009, 11:30:49 PM »

New England (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island)

1964
Johnson (D) - 72.91%
Goldwater (R) - 27.09%

1968
Humphrey (D) - 57.25%
Nixon (R) - 38.55%
Wallace (AI) - 4.20%

1972
Nixon (R) - 52.93%
McGovern (D) - 47.07%

1976
Carter (D) - 52.98%
Ford (R) - 47.02%

1980
Reagan (R) - 45.28%
Carter (D) - 40.85%
Anderson (I) - 13.87%

1984
Reagan (R) - 56.41%
Mondale (D) - 43.59%

1988
Bush (R) - 50.08%
Dukakis (D) - 49.92%

1992
Clinton (D) - 44.68%
Bush (R) - 31.87%
Perot (Ref) - 23.45%

1996
Clinton (D) - 57.99%
Dole (R) - 31.69%
Perot (Ref) - 10.32%

2000
Gore (D) - 56.86%
Bush (R) - 37.44%
Nader (G) - 5.70%

2004
Kerry (D) - 58.58%
Bush (R) - 41.42%

2008
Obama (D) - 61.77%
McCain (R) - 38.23%
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« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2009, 11:43:07 PM »

Deep South (South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas)

1964
Goldwater (R) - 59.62%
Johnson (D) - 40.38%

1968
Wallace (AI) - 49.38%
Humphrey (D) - 25.85%
Nixon (R) - 24.77%

1972
Nixon (R) - 73.27%
McGovern (D) - 26.73%

1976
Carter (D) - 58.68%
Ford (R) - 41.32%

1980
Carter (D) - 49.83%
Reagan (R) - 48.35%
Anderson (I) - 1.82%

1984
Reagan (R) - 61.53%
Mondale (D) - 38.47%

1988
Bush (R) - 59.00%
Dukakis (D) - 41.00%

1992
Bush (R) - 44.40%
Clinton (D) - 44.00%
Perot (Ref) - 11.60%

1996
Clinton (D) - 47.45%
Dole (R) - 46.08%
Perot (Ref) - 6.48%

2000
Bush (R) - 55.46%
Gore (D) - 43.27%
Nader (G) - 1.27%

2004
Bush (R) - 58.83%
Kerry (D) - 41.17%

2008
McCain (R) - 56.51%
Obama (D) - 43.49%
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Ebowed
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« Reply #2 on: June 24, 2009, 12:18:24 AM »

Unfortunately not much variation here - whoever wins California wins the region, for obvious reasons.

West Coast (Washington, Oregon, California)

1964
Johnson (D) - 60.02%
Goldwater (R) - 39.98%

1968
Nixon (R) - 47.91%
Humphrey (D) - 45.28%
Wallace (AI) - 6.80%

1972
Nixon (R) - 55.38%
McGovern (D) - 41.46%
Schmitz (AI) - 3.16%

1976
Ford (R) - 51.00%
Carter (D) - 49.00%

1980
Reagan (R) - 53.28%
Carter (D) - 37.45%
Anderson (I) - 9.27%

1984
Reagan (R) - 57.77%
Mondale (D) - 42.23%

1988
Bush (R) - 51.05%
Dukakis (D) - 48.95%

1992
Clinton (D) - 45.62%
Bush (R) - 32.76%
Perot (Ref) - 21.62%

1996
Clinton (D) - 52.54%
Dole (R) - 39.69%
Perot (Ref) - 7.77%

2000
Gore (D) - 52.84%
Bush (R) - 43.12%
Nader (G) - 4.04%

2004
Kerry (D) - 54.49%
Bush (R) - 45.51%

2008
Obama (D) - 61.32%
McCain (R) - 38.68%
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Ebowed
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« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2009, 02:27:23 AM »

Unfortunately not much variation here - whoever wins California wins the region, for obvious reasons.

You could do weighted averaging.

True, but I don't think that would change any result other than 1988.
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