1984 Presidential Election (by congressional district)

[Antonio the Sixth]

I find it interesting, please continue.

[Antonio the Sixth]

By the way, I literally had to re-draw some of these districts, so they arn't perfect, but they are pretty good.  Most of them were drawn based on county lines anyways.

I recieved all these results from a book called The Almanac of American Politics 1988 by Michael Barone and Grant Ujifusa.  It's a great read! 

And now back to some more state data.

That's not the first time I've heard of those "almanacs" : they must be a true goldmine of political data... Do you know if modern and update versions exist ?

[Antonio the Sixth]

By the way, I literally had to re-draw some of these districts, so they arn't perfect, but they are pretty good.  Most of them were drawn based on county lines anyways.

I recieved all these results from a book called The Almanac of American Politics 1988 by Michael Barone and Grant Ujifusa.  It's a great read! 

And now back to some more state data.

That's not the first time I've heard of those "almanacs" : they must be a true goldmine of political data... Do you know if modern and update versions exist ?

There are a bunch of used ones on Amazon and such, which is where I got mine.  You may be able to find some for 20-30 dollars.  Some are very expensive, up to 50 or 60 dollars. 


But mine were about $20.  They're pretty awesome. 

Yeah, indeed. I guess I will try to buy one some day.

BTW, could you compile a list with districts where Reagan lost or won by less than 18.21 pts (ie his national margin), so that we'll have an idea of what a toss-up election would have been like.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Seems there was considerably less gerrymandering in 1984.

Indeed, districts seem considerably more sound than they are as of now.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Alabama



There were no close districts whatsoever. 

But there wern't any 70%+ Reagan districts either.

Was any district majority-black?

I've read somewhere that the "blcak majority district" doctrine emerged during the 1991 redistricting (the author cited it as a cause of the Republican comeback in the House from 1994 to 2006, but he also has mades a series of predictions that were proved wrong so I don't take it for granted).

[Antonio the Sixth]

Please keep it going.

[Antonio the Sixth]

All this is very interesting. For NC, did Reagan get >50% in 3 districts and >70% in other 8 ? That's weird.

[Antonio the Sixth]

All this is very interesting. For NC, did Reagan get >50% in 3 districts and >70% in other 8 ? That's weird.

The lighter shades are 50%, and the darker shades are 60%+. 

Oh, OK.

[Antonio the Sixth]

That's really great.