United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

476 Elections
No. 779. Po p u l a r v o t e Ca s t fo r Pr e s id e n t , b y Po l it ic a l Pa r t ie s — R e g io n s a n d St a t e s :
1 9 7 2 T O 1 9 8 0
[In thousands, except percent. D~Democratic, R*= Republican. See headnote, table 778. See also H is to ric a l S ta tis tic s , C o lo n ia l
T im a s to 1970, series Y 135-186]
1972 1976 1980
REGION AND
STATE
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Party
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Party
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Democratic
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leading
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Total................. 77,719 29,170 47,170 R-60.7 81,556 40,831 39,148 D-50.1 86,515 35,484 43,904 R-50.7
Northeast............. 19,952 8.278 11,483 R-57.6 19,520 9,929 9,272 D-50.9 19,206 8,019 0,147 R-47.6
North Central.......... 23,190 9,127 13,711 R-59.1 24,155 11,671 11,995 R-49.7 25,178 10,291 12,827 R-50.9
South.................... 20,048 6,087 13,666 R-68.2 23,198 12,520 10,394 D-54.0 25,813 11,554 13,118 R-50.0
West.................... 14,529 5,679 8,309 R-57.2 14,662 6,711 7,488 R-51.0 16,318 5,620 8,813 R-54.0
Ala....................... 1,006 257 729 R-72.4 1,163 659 504 D-55.7 1,342 637 654 R-4B.8
Alaska.................. 95 33 55 R-58.1 124 44 72 R-57.9 158 42 86 R-54.3
Ariz....................... 623 199 403 R-64.7 743 296 419 R-56.4 874 247 530 R-60.6
Ark....................... 651 200 449 R-68.9 768 499 268 D-65.0 838 398 403 R-48,1
Calif..................... 8,368 3,476 4,602 R-55.0 7,867 3,742 3,862 R-49.3 6,587 3,084 4,525 R-52.7
Goto..................... 954 330 597 R-02.6 1,082 460 584 R-54.0 1,184 368 652 R-55.1
Conn.................... 1,384 555 811 R-58.6 1,382 646 719 R-52.1 1,406 542 677 R-4B.2
Del....................... 236 92 140 R-59,6 236 123 110 D-52,0 236 106 111 R-47.2
D.C 163 126 35 D-7B.1 169 138 28 D-81.6 175 131 24 D-74.0
Fla 2,583 718 1,658 R-71.0 3,151 1,636 1,470 D-51.9 3,687 1,419 2,047 R-55.5
Ga........................ 1,175 290 681 R-75.0 1,467 979 484 D-66.7 1,697 891 654 D-55.8
Hawaii................... 270 101 169 R-62.5 291 147 140 D-50.6 303 136 130 D-44.8
Idaho................... 310 81 199 R-64.2 344 127 204 R-59.3 437 110 291 R-66.5
Ill . 4,723 1,913 2,788 R-59,0 4,719 2,271 2,364 R-50.1 4,750 1,981 2,358 R-49.6
Ind........................ 2,126 709 1,405 R-0B.1 2,220 1,015 1,184 R-53.3 2,242 844 1,256 R-56.0
Iowa..................... 1,226 496 706 R-57.6 1,279 620 633 R-49.5 1,318 509 676 R-51.3
Nans.................... 916 270 620 R-67,7 958 430 503 R-52.5 980 326 567 R-57.9
,k y......................... 1,067 371 676 R-63.4 1,167 616 532 D-52.8 1,295 616 635 R-49.1
La............ ............ 1,051 298 687 R-65.3 1,278 661 587 D-51.7 1,549 708 793 R-51.2
Maine..................... 417 161 256 R-01.5 483 232 236 R-48.9 523 221 239 R-45.6
Md........................ 1,354 506 829 R-61.3 1,440 760 673 D-52.8 1,540 726 661 D-47,1
Mn«« 2,459 1,333 1,112 D-54.2 2,548 1,429 1,030 D-56.1 2,524 1,054 1,058 R-41.9
Mich..................... 3,490 1,459 1,962 R-56.2 3,654 1,697 1,894 R-51.8 3,910 1,662 1,915 R-49.0
Minn 1.742 802 89B R-51.6 1,950 1,070 819 D-54.9 2,052 954 873 D-46.5
Miss..................... 646 127 505 R-78.2 769 381 367 D-49.6 893 429 441 R-49.4
Mo........................ 1,856 697 1,154 R-62.2 1,954 998 927 D—51.1 2,100 931 1,074 R-51.2
Mont.................... 318 120 184 R-57.9 329 149 174 R-52.8 364 118 207 R-56.8
Nebr..................... 576 170 406 R-70.5 608 234 360 R-59.2 641 167 420 R-65.5
Nev...................... 182 66 116 R-63.7 202 92 101 R-50.2 248 67 155 R-62.5
N.H...................... 334 116 214 R-64.0 340 148 186 R-54.7 384 109 222 R-57.7
N.J....................... 2 ,9 9 7 1,102 1,846 R-6 1 .6 3,014 1,445 1,510 R-50.1 2,976 1,147 1,547 R-52.0
N. Mex.................. 386 141 236 R-61.0 418 201 211 R-50.5 457 168 251 R-54.9
N.Y....................... 7.166 2,951 4,193 R-58.5 6,534 3,390 3,101 D-51.9 6,202 2,728 2,894 R-46.7
N.C....................... 1,519 439 1,055 R-69.5 1,679 927 742 D-55.2 1,856 876 915 R-49.3
N. Dak_________ 281 100 174 R-62.1 297 136 153 R-51.6 302 79 194 R-64.2
Ohio..................... 4,095 1,559 2,442 R-59.6 4,112 2,012 2,001 D-40.9 4,284 1,752 2,207 R-51.5
Okla..................... 1,030 247 759 R-73.7 1,092 532 546 R-50.0 1,150 402 696 R-60.5
Oreg..................... 928 393 487 R-52.4 1,030 490 492 R-47.8 1,182 457 571 R-48.3
Pa......................... 4,592 1,797 2,715 R-59.1 4,621 2,329 2,206 D-50.4 4,562 1,938 2,262 R-49.6
R.l........................ 416 195 220 R-53.0 411 226 1B1 D-55.4 416 198 155 D-47.7
S.C....................... 674 107 477 R-70.8 803 451 346 D-56.2 694 430 442 R-49.4
S. Dak.................. 307 140 166 R-54.2 301 147 152 R-50.4 328 104 198 R-60.5
T e nn ......................... 1,201 357 813 R-67.7 1,476 826 634 D-55.9 1,618 783 786 R-48.7
Tex...................... 3,471 1,154 2,299 R-66.2 4,072 2,082 1,953 D-51.1 4,542 1,681 2,511 R-55.3
Utah..................... 478 126 3 24 R-67.6 541 182 338 R-6 2 .4 604 124 4 4 0 R-72.8
v t......................... 187 68 117 R-02.7 188 81 102 R-54.4 213 82 95 R-44.4
Va....................... 1,457 439 988 R-67.8 1,697 814 837 R-49.3 1,866 752 990 R-53.0
Wash................... 1,471 566 837 R-56.9 1,556 717 778 R-50.0 1,742 650 865 R-49.7
W. Va.................. 762 277 485 R-63.6 751 436 315 D-58.0 738 367 334 D-49.6
Wis...................... 1,853 810 989 R-53.4 2,104 1,040 1,005 D-49.4 2,273 982 1,089 R-47.9
Wyo................... 146 44 100 R-69.0 156 62 93 R-59.3 177 49 111 R-62.6
'Includes other parties,
Source: 1972, 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 o f N o v . 7 , 1 9 7 2 (in
some cases, figures have been revised by Elections Research Center, Washington, D.C.); thereafter. Elections Research Center,
Washington. O.C., A m e ric a V o te s , biennial (copyright).