Benj
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« on: November 19, 2012, 01:03:33 PM » |
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This happened in 2012. Maryland was >60% D, and West Virginia was >60% R. The only prior time this happened in a Presidential election as far as I can tell was 1928, with >60% D Arkansas and >60% R Oklahoma. It also sort of happened in 1948, when some >60% D states in the South bordered >60% Thurmond states. I can't find any other examples.
Edit: Also happened in 1868, when >60% R Tennessee bordered >60% D Georgia and Kentucky. Weird result, that. In 1864, >60% D Kentucky bordered >60% R Missouri and West Virginia.
Just an interesting bit of trivia.
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