One of those state wasn't Texas, which went Democrat in 1964, same as Kansas. But Texas went Democrat again in '68. And funny, I seem to recall an election in 1976 when the whole south went Democrat. For Jimmy Carter, of all people. Four states of the 'old confederacy' went for Clinton in 1992 and four went for him again in 1996. So I suppose I'm supposed to thank y'all for that?
Sadly we did (though having a home state candidate on the ballot certainly didn't help that). Nevertheless, ALL of Goldwater's votes came from the old CSA. Not one single state in yankeeland supported him.
And funny, I seem to recall an election in 1976 when the whole south went Democrat.
You recall wrong then as Virginia and Oklahoma went Republican. As I said, the last time the south was solidly democrat was 1944.
our states of the 'old confederacy' went for Clinton in 1992 and four went for him again in 1996.
...yet the majority of the CSA electoral votes in both of those years went to the Republican, so we did more than our part. Considering two of those four states were the home state of Clinton and his VP, it shouldn't be surprising that he won a few. Compare that to yankeeland though where both times Clinton walked away with a SWEEP save Indiana - the lone holdout and the only state of the old north to vote for Bush and Dole.