Has this ever been done before?

[AGA]

I had this interesting thought: what if you added the votes received by the Republican and Democratic party in every election from 1856 (the first presidential election with the Republican party) to today in each state. What would the map look like?

[anthonyjg]

Might be more interesting if you averaged out percentages. I would guess that adding up votes would just look like the sixth party system as there are currently so many more voters than in years past.

[Granite City]

Republican - 400 Electoral Votes
Democratic - 138 Electoral Votes

National

Republican - 1,000,727,615 - 52.10%
Democratic - 919,921,858 - 47.90%

Alabama

Republican - 13,369,355 - 55.73%
Democratic - 10,621,805 - 44.27%


Alaska

Republican - 1,667,064 - 63.66%
Democratic - 951,758 - 36.34%

Arizona

Republican - 10,991,960 - 58.24%
Democratic - 7,881,643 - 41.76%

Arkansas

Republican - 7,747,928 - 50.18%
Democratic - 7,693,175 - 49.82%

California

Democratic - 85,888,536 - 51.17%
Republican - 81,969,582 - 48.83%

Colorado

Republican - 14,400,000 - 54.40%
Democratic - 12,074,186 - 45.60%

Connecticut

Republican - 14,655,282 - 50.50%
Democratic - 14,367,883 - 49.50%

Delaware

Republican - 2,835,709 - 50.04%
Democratic - 2,831,268 - 49.96%

DC

Democratic - 2,299,215 - 87.39%
Republican - 331,661 - 12.61%

Florida

Republican - 39,628,759 - 55.21%
Democratic - 32,155,650 - 44.79%

Georgia

Republican - 18,430,659 - 51.94%
Democratic - 17,055,576 - 48.06%

Hawaii

Democratic - 2,535,242 - 56.35%
Republican - 1,963,626 - 43.65%

Idaho

Republican - 5,434,983 - 63.59%
Democratic - 3,112,440 - 36.41%

Illinois

Republican - 58,179,076 - 50.69%
Democratic - 56,606,828 - 49.31%

Indiana

Republican - 31,063,670 - 56.04%
Democratic - 24,372,077 - 43.96%

Iowa

Republican - 18,577,705 - 54.99%
Democratic - 15,531,524 - 45.01%

Kansas

Republican - 15,294,378 - 60.84%
Democratic - 9,84,116 - 39.16%

Kentucky

Republican - 17,759,318 - 52.99%
Democratic - 15,753,796 - 47.01%

Louisiana

Republican - 13,323,497 - 52.17%
Democratic - 12,212,845 - 47.83%

Maine

Republican - 6,631,066 - 54.32%
Democratic - 5,575,702 - 45.68%

Maryland

Democratic - 17,607,080 - 52.85%
Republican - 15,706,149 - 47.15%

Massachusetts

Democratic - 31,715,282 - 54.10%
Republican - 26,907,916 - 45.90%

Michigan

Republican - 41,580,247 - 52.29%
Democratic - 37,938,941 - 47.71%

Minnesota

Democratic - 21,518,029 - 50.04%
Republican - 21,487,404 - 49.96%

Mississippi

Republican - 7,815,192 - 53.58%
Democratic - 6,769,511 - 46.42%

Missouri

Republican -27,571,961 - 51.01%
Democratic - 26,477,385 - 48.99%

Montana

Republican - 4,248,793 - 54.88%
Democratic - 3,493,300 - 45.12%

Nebraska

Republican - 10,158,795 - 61.14%
Democratic - 6,456,081 - 38.86%

Nevada

Republican - 3,783,377 - 54.59%
Democratic - 3,14,464 - 45.41%

New Hampshire

Republican - 5,488,234 - 55.36%
Democratic - 4,424,834 - 44.64%

New Jersey

Republican - 34,193,325 - 51.79%
Democratic - 31,833,804 - 48.21%

New Mexico

Republican - 5,348,173 - 54.90%
Democratic - 4,387,764 - 45.10%

New York

Democratic - 86,077,962 - 52.05%
Republican - 79,283,703 - 47.95%

North Carolina

Republican - 24,308,085 - 52.70%
Democratic - 21,814,296 - 47.30%

North Dakota

Republican - 4,124,779 - 59.57%
Democratic - 2,799,900 - 40.43%

Ohio

Republican - 55,886,836 - 53.64%
Democrat - 48,302,040 - 46.36%


Oklahoma

Republican - 14,140,502 - 57.74%
Democratic - 10,349,907 - 42.26%

Oregon

Republican - 11,596,006 - 50.83%
Democratic - 11,215,448 - 49.17%

Pennsylvania

Republican - 61,450,179 - 52.40%
Democratic - 55,814,559 - 47.60%

Rhode Island

Democratic - 5,106,775 - 55.16%
Republican - 4,151,017 - 44.84%

South Carolina

Republican - 10,002,319 - 55.45%
Democratic - 8,037,109 - 44.55%

South Dakota

Republican - 4,438,888 - 58.03%
Democratic - 3,210,417 - 41.97%

Tennessee

Republican - 18,001,198 - 53.97%
Democratic - 15,353,061- 46.03%

Texas

Republican - 48,458,092 - 54.46%
Democratic - 40,514,732 - 45.54%

Utah

Republican - 7,747,254 - 64.34%
Democratic - 4,293,789 - 35.66%

Vermont

Republican - 3,004,845 - 55.91%
Democratic - 2,369,371 - 44.09%

Virginia

Republican - 20,473,704 - 54.02%
Democratic - 17,427,422 - 45.98%

Washington

Democratic - 18,062,361 - 50.12%
Republican - 17,976,928 - 49.88%

West Virginia

Republican - 10,019,226 - 50.70%
Democratic - 9,744,136 - 49.30%

Wisconsin

Republican - 24,687,454 - 51.90%
Democratic - 22,887,275 - 48.10%

Wyoming

Republican - 2,391,756 - 62.99%
Democratic - 1,405,558 - 37.01%

[Obama-Biden Democrat]

The mass suppression of poor whites and blacks in the Jim Crow South would cripple the Democrats if it was done in terms of raw votes v percentages. In 1936 in SC the D's won it with 98.57% of the vote, but turnout was very low for obvious reasons.