Three best performances by each party in the 10 largest states since 1952

[OSR stands with Israel]

Doing this by margin and doing this based on the 10 largest states today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States_by_population


California:

Democrats: 1. 2016, 2. 2008, 3. 2012
Republicans: 1. 1980 , 2. 1984, 3. 1952

Texas:
Democrats: 1. 1964, 2. 1976, 3. 1960
Republicans: 1. 1972, 2. 1984, 3. 2004

Florida:

Democrats: 1. 1996, 2. 1976, 3. 2008
Republicans: 1. 1972, 2. 1984, 3. 1988


New York:

Democrats: 1. 1964, 2. 1996, 3. 2012
Republcians: 1. 1956, 2. 1972, 3. 1952

Pennslyvania:

Democrats: 1. 1964, 2. 2008, 3. 1996
Republicans: 1. 1972, 2. 1956, 3. 1984

Illinois:

Democrats: 1. 2008, 2. 1964, 3. 1996
Republcans: 1. 1956, 2. 1972, 3. 1984

Ohio:

Democrats: 1. 1964, 2. 1996, 3. 2008
Republicans: 1. 1956, 2. 1972, 3. 1984

Georgia:

Democrats: 1. 1952, 2. 1956, 3. 1976
Republicans: 1. 1972, 2. 1984, 3. 1988

North Carolina:

Democrats: 1. 1964, 2. 1976, 3. 1952
Republicans: 1. 1972, 2. 1984, 3. 1988

Michigan:

Democrats: 1. 1964, 2. 2008, 3. 1996
Republicans: 1. 1984, 2. 1972, 3. 1956

[OSR stands with Israel]

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[Alben Barkley]

Carter seemed to do slightly better in Georgia in 1976 than Stevenson in 1956. Carter got 66.7%, Stevenson 66.5%. Though Ford got 33.0% of the vote while Eisenhower got 32.7%. It's extremely marginal no matter how you slice it, I guess. If you're going by margin, it was like 0.1 points more for Stevenson, while Carter got 0.2 points more of the vote.

Carter did win every county in the state, however -- the first and only time a Democrat has ever done that in Georgia -- which should count for something.

[Calthrina950]

Carter seemed to do slightly better in Georgia in 1976 than Stevenson in 1956. Carter got 66.7%, Stevenson 66.5%. Though Ford got 33.0% of the vote while Eisenhower got 32.7%. It's extremely marginal no matter how you slice it, I guess. If you're going by margin, it was like 0.1 points more for Stevenson, while Carter got 0.2 points more of the vote.

Carter did win every county in the state, however -- the first and only time a Democrat has ever done that in Georgia -- which should count for something.

Carter accomplished this by managing to win a number of counties in North Georgia-such as Fannin, Towns, and Pickens-that did not vote for Franklin D. Roosevelt, even as he won Georgia with over 80% or 90% of the vote. These counties are ancestrally Unionist areas which were Republican enclaves within the state following the end of Reconstruction.