Cumulative results map

[bgwah]

This looks at how states have voted since 1856 (or statehood). New York, for example, has voting for the Republican candidate 20 times and the Democratic candidate 19 times--or 51% Republican, and thus colored the >50% shade. Third party wins were discarded.

The top Democratic state is Hawaii at 82%. Of older states, Georgia wins with 78%. And D.C. is of course 100%.

The top Republican state is Alaska at 92%. Of older states, South Dakota wins with 86%. Vermont is just behind with 85%.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I will be interested to see when the South starts flipping to the Republicans on this map.

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

     I will be interested to see when the South starts flipping to the Republicans on this map.

Georgia and Hawaii aren't flipping any time soon despite some serious deviation from their past behavior.

[Cubby]

The surprises on that map are New Jersey, Minnesota and Washington state.

There was (to a lesser extent than the South) a solid north from 1860-1928. That explains Minnesota. New Jersey would often vote Democrat during this time, I'm not sure why. Washington State would probably have voted Republican if it was a State before 1890. It doesn't have all those earlier elections like Minnesota does to make it Republican over-all.

[Lief 🗽]

Now do the map by cumulative vote totals since 1856.

[phk]

Now do the map by cumulative vote totals since 1856.

I think Gabu did that a long time ago... I'll have to search for it.

[useful idiot]

The surprises on that map are New Jersey, Minnesota and Washington state.

There was (to a lesser extent than the South) a solid north from 1860-1928. That explains Minnesota. New Jersey would often vote Democrat during this time, I'm not sure why. Washington State would probably have voted Republican if it was a State before 1890. It doesn't have all those earlier elections like Minnesota does to make it Republican over-all.

New Jersey was actually quite sympathetic to the Confederacy. They voted for McClellan, along with Delaware and Kentucky. I can only guess that it was a state similar to Delaware and Maryland at the time, which were culturally Southern.

[Verily]

The surprises on that map are New Jersey, Minnesota and Washington state.

There was (to a lesser extent than the South) a solid north from 1860-1928. That explains Minnesota. New Jersey would often vote Democrat during this time, I'm not sure why. Washington State would probably have voted Republican if it was a State before 1890. It doesn't have all those earlier elections like Minnesota does to make it Republican over-all.

New Jersey was actually quite sympathetic to the Confederacy. They voted for McClellan, along with Delaware and Kentucky. I can only guess that it was a state similar to Delaware and Maryland at the time, which were culturally Southern.

New Jersey was by far the most agricultural of the states of the North until as late as 1900. The plantations of South Jersey dominated the state economy before bridges began to connect the state to NYC and Philly and urban development began. It was also one of the last Northern states to abolish slavery and had by far the largest black population of all states north of the Mason-Dixon Line at the time of the Civil War. (They were, of course, free, but many still couldn't or didn't vote.)

Incidentally, this is also why New Jersey is so much more Italian than Irish or German: The state was largely inaccessible to immigrants until bridge and ferry connections to NYC began to open, well after many of the waves of Irish and German immigration.

[Joe Republic]

Now do the map by cumulative vote totals since 1856.

I did this from 1868-2004 a few years ago:

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=17994.0

[Smid]

Now do the map by cumulative vote totals since 1856.

I did this from 1868-2004 a few years ago:

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=17994.0

And I think I did 1908-2008 in the Random Maps thread a few months back.

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=104898.0

[Хahar 🤔]

Now do the map by cumulative vote totals since 1856.

I did this from 1868-2004 a few years ago:

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=17994.0

Can you extend that to 2008, or do you no longer have the data?

[Joe Republic]

Yeah, I deleted the data a long time ago.