United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

Popular Vote Cast for President 475
No. 778. P o p u l a r V o t e C a s t f o r P r e s i d e n t , a n d P e r c e n t o f V o t e f o r L e a d i n g P a r t y , b y
R e g i o n s a n d S t a t e s : 1 9 4 8 t o 1 9 6 8
(In thousands, except percent D=Democratic, Republican. Leading party vote refers to the party vote representing either a
majority or a plurality for the victorious party in the area shown. For composition of regions, see fig. I, inside front cover. See
also tables 776 and 779, and H is to ric a l S ta tis tic s , C o lo n ia l T im e s to 1 9 7 0 , series V 135-186]
1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968
REGION AND
STATE
Total
vote
cast
Percent
for
leading
party
Total
vote
cast
Percent
for
leading
parly
Total
vote
cast
Percent
for
leading
party
Total
vote
cast
Percent
for
leading
party
Total
vote
cast
Percent
for
leading
party
Total
vote
cast
Percent
for
leading
party
Total................... 48,794 D-49.6 61,551 R-55.1 62,027 R-57.4 68,838 D-49.7 70,645 D-61.1 73,212 R-43.4
Northeast................... 15,800 R-47.8 18,801 R-55.1 18,782 R-60.7 20,053 D-52.7 19,623 D-6B.3 19,240 D-50.2
North Central............. 17,540 D-50.3 21,153 R-57.6 21,114 R-58.6 22,979 R-52.2 22,209 D-61.3 22,206 R-46.8
South......................... 8,244 D-52.6 12,445 D-50.5 12,478 R-51.1 14,389 D-49.9 16,597 D-53.3 19,177 R-36.4
West.......................... 7,209 D-49.4 9,151 R-57.3 9,654 R-56.4 11,417 R-51.1 12,214 D-59.4 12,590 R-48.7
Alabama.................... . 215 o 426 D-64.6 497 D-56.5 570 D-56.0 690 R-69.5 1,050 ( 3)
Alaska....................... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 61 R-50.9 67 D-85.9 83 R-45.3
Arizona...................... 177 D-53.8 261 R-58.3 290 R-61.0 398 R-55.5 481 R-50.4 487 R-54.8
Arkansas.................... 242 D-61.7 405 D-55.9 407 D-52.5 429 D-50.2 560 D-56.1 620 ( a)
California.................... 4,022 D-47.6 5,142 R-56.3 5,466 R-55.4 6,507 R-50.1 7,058 D-59.1 7,252 R-47.8
Colorado................... . 515 D-51.9 630 R-60.3 657 R-60.0 736 R-54.6 777 D-61.3 811 R-50.5
Connecticut................ 884 R-49.5 1,097 R-55.7 1,117 R-63.7 1,223 D-53.7 1,219 D-67.8 1,256 D-49.5
Delaware................... . 139 R-50.0 174 R-51.8 178 R-55.1 197 D-50.6 201 D-60.9 214 R-45.1
Dist. of Columbia....... . (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 199 D-85.5 171 D-81.8
Florida........................ 578 0-48.6 989 R-55.0 1,126 R-57.2 1,544 R-51.5 1,854 D-51.1 2,188 R-40.5
Georgia...................... 419 D-60.8 656 D-69.7 670 D-66.4 733 D-62.5 1,139 R-54.1 1,250 r i
Hawaii....................... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 185
Idaho 215 D-50.0 276 R-65.4 273 R-61.2 300
n
R-53.Q
207 D-70.8
292 D-50.9
236
291
D-59.8
R-56.8
Illinois........................ 3,984 D-50.1 4,481 R-54.8 4,407 R-59.5 4,707 D-50.0 4,703 0-59.5 4,620 R-47.1
Indiana...................... 1,656 R-49.6 1,956 R-58.1 1,975 R-59,9 2,135 R-55.0 2,092 D-56.0 2,124 R-50.3
Iowa........................... 1,038 D-50.3 1,269 R-03.0 1,235 R-59.1 1,274 R-56.7 1,185 D-61.9 1,168 R-53.0
Kansas...................... 789 R-53.6 896 R-60.8 666 R-65.4 929 R-60.4 858 D-54.1 873 R-54.0
Kentucky.................... 823 D-56.7 993 D-49.0 1,054 R-54.3 1,124 R-53.6 1,046 D-64.0 1,056 R-43.0
Louisiana................... 416 o 652 D-52.9 618 R-53.3 608 D-50.4 896 R-56.8 1,097
Maine........................ 265 R-56.4 352 R-66.0 352 R-70.9 422 R-57.0 381 D-68.8 393
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D-55.3
Maryland.................... 597 R-49.4 902 R-55.4 933 R-60.0 1,055 D-53.6 1,110 D-65.5 1,235 D-43.6
Massachusetts........... 2,107 D-54.7 2,383 R-54.2 2,349 R-59.3 2,469 D-60.2 2,345 D-76.2 2,332 D-63.0
Michigan.................... 2,110 R-49.2 2,799 R-55.4 3,080 R-55.6 3,318 D-50.9 3,203 D-66,7 3,306 D-48.2
Minnesota.................. 1,212 D-57.2 1,379 R-55.3 1,340 R-53.7 1,542 D-50,6 1,554 D-63,8 1,589 D-54.0
Mississippi................. 192 (•) 286 D-60.4 248 D-58.2 298 c ) 409 R-87.1 655
Missouri...................... 1,579 D-58.1 1,892 R-50.7 1,833 D-50.1 1,934 D-50.3 1,018 D-64.0 1,810
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R-44.9
Montana..................... 224 D-53.1 265 R-59.4 271 R-57.1 278 R-51.1 279 D-58.9 274 R-50.6
Nebraska................... 489 R-54.2 010 R-69.2 577 R-65.5 613 R-62.1 584 D-52.6 537 R-59.8
Nevada....................... 62 D-50.4 82 R-61.4 97 R-58.0 107 D-51.2 135 D-58.6 154 R-47.5
New Hampshire......... 231 R-52.4 273 R-60.9 267 R-66.1 296 R-53.4 288 D-63.9 297 R-52.1
New Jersey................ 1,950 R-50.3 2,419 R-56.8 2,484 R-64.7 2,773 D-50.0 2,848 D-65.6 2,875 R-46.1
New Mexico............... 187 D-56.4 239 R-55.4 254 R-57.8 311 D-50.2 329 D-59.0 327 R-51.8
New York................... 6,177 R-46,0 7,128 R-55.5 7,096 R-61.2 7,291 D-52.5 7,168 D-68.6 6,702 D-49.7
North Carolina............ 791 D-58.0 1,211 D-53.9 1,166 D-50.7 1,369 D-52.1 1,425 D-56.2 1,587 R-39,5
North Dakota.............. 221 R-52.2 270 R-71.0 254 R-61.7 278 R-55.4 258 D-5B.0 248 R-65.9
Ohio........................... 2,936 D-49.5 3,701 R-56.8 3,702 R—61.1 4,162 R-53.3 3,069 D-62.9 3,960 R-45.2
Oklahoma 722 D-62.7 049 R-54.6 859 R-55.1 903 R-59.0 932 D-55.7 943 R-47.7
Oregon... 524 R-49.8 605 R-60.5 736 R-55.2 776 R-52.6 786 D-63.7 820 R-49.8
Pennsylvania.............. 3,735 R-50.9 4,581 R-52.7 4,577 R-56.5 5,007 D-51.1 4,823 D-64.6 4,748 D-47.6
Rhode Island.............. 328 D-57.6 414 R-50,9 388 R-58.3 406 D-63.6 390 D-80.9 385 D-64.0
South Carolina........... 143 0 341 D-50.7 301 D-45.4 387 D-51.2 525 R-58.6 667 R-38.1
South Dakota............. 250 R-61.0 294 R-69.3 294 R-58.4 306 R-58.2 203 D-55.6 281 R-53.3
Tennessee 550 D-49.1 893 R-50.0 939 R-49.2 1,052 R-52.9 1,144 D-65.5 1,249 R-37.8
Texas..... 1,250 D-66,0 2,076 R-53.1 1,955 R-55.3 2,311 D-50.5 2,627 D-63.3 3,079 D-41.1
Utah........ 276 D-54.0 330 R-58.9 334 R-64.6 375 R-54.8 401 D-54.7 423 R-56.5
Vermont..................... 123 R-61.6 154 R-71.5 153 R-72.2 167 R-58.6 163 D-66,3 161 R-52.8
Virginia....................... 419 D-47.9 620 R-56.3 698 R-55.4 771 R-52.4 1,042 D-53,5 1,361 R-43.4
Washington................ 905 D-52.6 1,103 R-54.3 1,151 R-53.9 1,242 R-50.7 1,259 D-62.0 1,304 D-47.2
West Virginia.............. 749 D-57.3 874 D-51.9 831 R-54.1 838 D-52.7 792 D-87.9 754 D-49.6
Wisconsin 1,277 D-50.7 1,607 R-61.0 1,551 R-61.6 1,729 R-51.8 1,692 D-62.1 1,692 R-47.9
Wyoming................... 101 D-51.6 129 R-62.7 124 R-60.1 141 R-55.0 143 D-55.6 127 R-55.8
X Not applicable. ‘Vote represented a victory for Thurmond (States’ Rights Democratic Party) as follows: Alabama, 79,7
percent; Louisiana, 49.1 percent; Mississippi, 07.2 percent; and South Carolina, 72.0 percent. aVote represented a victory for
Wallace (American Independent Party) as follows: Alabama, 65.8 percent; Arkansas, 38.9 percent; Georgia, 42.9 percent;
Louisiana, 46.3 percent; and Mississippi, 63.4 percent. 3 Percentages of 50.0 for both parties based on following vote;
Democratic, 92,410; Republican, 92,295. 4Vote represented a victory for unpledged Democratic electors: 39.0 percent.
Source: 1948, Elections Research Center, Washington, D.C., A m e ric a a t th e P o lls (copyright); 1952 and 1956, U.S. Bureau of the
Census, C o n g re s s io n a l D is tr ic t D a ta B o o k (D is tric ts o f th e 8 8 th C o n g res s ), 1963; and 1960-1988, U.S. Congress, Clerk of the
House, S ta tis tic s o f th e P re s id e n tia l a n d C o n g re s s io n a l E le c tio n .