Presidential Election Maps 1940 - 2000

NationalAtlas.gov ^ | 7 Nov 2004 | NationalAtlas.gov

[ThePythonicCow]

Let's not get too attached to the swath of Republican color across our great country. Over the years, it has shifted back and forth, sometimes dramatically.

[the Deejay]

I'm going to enjoy and savor it for as long
as it lasts. :>)

[fuzzy122]

We need to get along

[proust]

Wele the other thing is, the democrats now, bear little resemblance to the democrats of decades past as well. There are no more Zell Millers.

Having said that, the past few decades have been trending conservative much more than liberal.

[GaltMeister]

The Democrats' thought you said 'we need to get a BONG'.

[petercooper]

it' backwards... since every other map nowadays is republican -red, democrat-blue.

consistency dammit!

[konaice]

Well 1972 was a good year... Here's to 2008.

[Cyclopean Squid]

I agree: no complacency. However, I have to admit I was struck by how "close" the 1944 election was. During the height of WWII, when it was clear we would triumph, with the Depression defeated due to ammunitions production and the military service, etc., etc., FDR still only pulled out 53.3% of the vote. This was in the day when AP actually supported our troops and President. That shows just how remarkable W's victory was.

[anniegetyourgun]

A very important point to make on this thread....thanks. This years JFK was nothing like the last one.

[Tweaker]

I am proud to say that the great state of Alabama never voted for slick Willy.

[konaice]

Actually changing Republican to Red was something the liberal press did, and you even heard comments to this on Fox.

It was done at the behest of the Democrats because Red=Communist and that was hitting too close to home.

I'd like to go back too. Makes more sense.

[Flux Capacitor]

Well, no s--t it shifts back and forth. This stuff has been and will always be cyclical. What I AM attached to, with the National Atlas confirming, is the fact that

REPUBLICANS ARE BLUE!!!

-Dan

[Inyokern]

I learned something from these maps that I never realized before. Adlai Stevenson (the "intellectual") won only in the South.

[stockpirate]

My God, Nixon creamed McGovern!

[Flux Capacitor]

----Adlai Stevenson (the "intellectual") won only in the South.----

And then, only because he was a Democrat.

-Dan

[MissouriConservative]

The shameful thing about that map is California. It went Republican from 1968 to 1988...and hasn't went Repubican since.

Where did they go wrong. Heck...it even went Republican for Ford.

How do we get California back?

[fuzzy122]

Did you click on the link?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1273814/posts?page=5#3

[Anti-Christ is Hillary]

I wish every year could be a 1984 year (Reagen - Mondel)

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[dfwgator]

It also makes you realize just how unpopular AuH2O was that he didn't carry the Dakotas, Nebraska and Kansas, which the GOP carried in every other election.