[kidd]

The South has switched to GOP only recently. Here is a map from the 1976 election:

[LibKill]

The South has switched to GOP only recently. Here is a map from the 1976 election

True enough. There were some factors. "Jimmuh" was indeed a southerner, home court advantage. He claimed to be an evangelical, always good in the south. And there was the general disgust with Nixon that rubbed off on Ford even though Ford did not deserve this.

I voted for Ford.