On Voting 13: State Alignment Data

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How red and blue are the states?

Here’s some data comparing overall voting 64 years apart. The “PART” column is the voting participation from the best turnout of the prior current House, and Presidential elections as well as the two Senate elections.

Total 1952 Federal
Dem Rep Total 1950 Population Part
Alabama 910,296 203,245 1,153,833 3,061,743 13.92%
Alaska 14,219 10,893 25,112 128,643 19.52%
Arizona 477,979 473,483 951,463 749,587 34.76%
Arkansas 1,054,225 229,044 1,285,810 1,909,511 21.20%
California 5,730,604 11,446,133 17,934,264 10,586,223 48.57%
Colorado 1,066,530 1,119,969 2,196,956 1,325,089 47.55%
Connecticut 1,924,618 2,180,841 4,145,874 2,007,280 54.65%
Delaware 314,618 339,610 656,107 318,085 54.71%
Florida 1,231,106 1,426,511 2,659,156 2,771,305 35.70%
Georgia 1,627,302 198,979 1,826,861 3,444,578 19.04%
Hawaii 58,445 67,748 126,193 499,794 25.25%
Idaho 386,678 565,993 956,434 588,637 46.93%
Illinois 7,823,932 8,498,060 16,357,399 8,712,176 51.43%
Indiana 3,284,482 4,094,756 7,435,730 3,934,224 49.70%
Iowa 1,792,268 2,457,607 4,270,864 2,621,073 48.41%
Kansas 1,184,926 1,835,255 3,055,551 1,905,299 47.04%
Kentucky 1,733,654 1,611,975 3,355,536 2,944,806 33.73%
Louisiana 1,276,291 374,017 1,651,317 2,683,516 24.29%
Maine 342,253 687,467 1,046,331 913,774 38.50%
Maryland 1,490,022 1,711,651 3,215,129 2,343,001 38.50%
Massachusetts 4,314,361 4,741,789 9,187,885 4,690,514 50.81%
Michigan 4,924,980 5,478,218 10,453,759 6,371,766 44.28%
Minnesota 2,566,736 2,784,076 5,375,340 2,982,483 46.54%
Mississippi 792,691 118,990 911,681 2,178,914 13.10%
Missouri 3,595,282 3,300,758 6,901,011 3,954,653 47.84%
Montana 475,397 523,508 1,004,403 591,024 44.84%
Nebraska 735,886 1,484,581 2,239,596 1,325,510 46.00%
Nevada 146,613 159,024 305,637 160,083 51.34%
New Hampshire 366,015 564,579 943,075 533,242 51.19%
New Jersey 3,889,417 4,913,519 8,923,245 4,835,329 50.04%
New Mexico 457,950 441,861 900,588 681,187 35.19%
New York 10,725,908 13,792,747 26,491,948 14,830,192 48.07%
North Carolina 2,333,425 1,309,081 3,645,996 4,061,929 29.81%
North Dakota 242,377 657,046 925,934 619,636 43.59%
Ohio 5,849,266 7,461,349 13,385,436 7,946,627 46.57%
Oklahoma 1,764,259 1,452,297 3,222,428 2,233,351 42.49%
Oregon 844,377 1,504,969 2,363,176 1,521,341 45.69%
Pennsylvania 8,160,138 8,930,390 17,166,507 10,498,012 43.63%
Rhode Island 839,040 713,875 1,553,185 791,896 52.34%
South Carolina 637,640 20,378 816,403 2,117,027 16.11%
South Dakota 370,205 705,748 1,075,953 652,740 45.08%
Tennesee 1,794,925 970,339 2,827,385 3,291,718 27.12%
Texas 5,264,683 1,474,651 6,752,087 7,711,194 26.92%
Utah 551,142 695,893 1,247,850 688,862 47.84%
Vermont 148,780 400,537 549,822 377,747 40.78%
Virginia 1,219,457 606,187 1,996,223 3,318,680 18.67%
Washington 1,926,790 1,976,649 3,922,705 2,378,963 46.35%
West Virginia 1,848,126 1,558,485 3,388,611 2,005,552 43.71%
Wisconsin 2,471,637 3,411,061 5,896,925 3,434,575 46.80%
Wyoming 219,137 267,911 487,548 290,529 44.78%
Total 103,201,088 111,953,733 219,168,262 150,523,620 40.89%
47.088% 51.081%
Total 2016 Federal
Dem Rep Total 1950 Population Part
Alabama 2,100,167 4,670,983 6,918,591 4,779,736 44.42%
Alaska 393,104 592,069 1,220,647 710,231 44.86%
Arizona 4,263,641 4,980,503 9,759,381 6,392,017 40.26%
Arkansas 1,226,617 2,586,090 4,154,239 2,915,918 38.77%
California 32,785,603 13,879,730 52,400,300 37,253,956 38.07%
Colorado 4,917,574 4,690,311 10,265,745 5,029,196 55.28%
Connecticut 3,689,408 2,398,539 6,328,143 3,574,097 46.02%
Delaware 865,227 571,951 1,495,852 897,934 49.18%
Florida 17,135,564 17,644,974 35,749,231 18,801,310 50.10%
Georgia 6,136,937 7,855,458 14,329,680 9,687,653 42.24%
Hawaii 1,406,076 566,126 2,042,629 1,360,301 31.65%
Idaho 738,580 1,591,212 2,487,962 1,567,582 44.03%
Illinois 10,843,842 8,266,665 19,873,588 12,830,632 43.15%
Indiana 4,526,155 5,557,887 10,685,973 6,483,802 42.18%
Iowa 2,371,468 3,128,718 5,752,322 3,046,355 51.41%
Kansas 1,124,380 2,557,984 4,402,251 2,853,118 41.51%
Kentucky 2,543,702 4,348,075 7,028,858 4,339,367 44.34%
Louisiana 2,892,477 4,445,749 7,462,928 4,533,372 60.56%
Maine 1,027,506 1,321,934 2,797,108 1,328,361 56.30%
Maryland 6,448,063 3,571,105 10,848,576 5,773,552 48.18%
Massachusetts 7,326,004 3,792,012 11,507,259 6,547,629 50.78%
Michigan 8,903,581 7,580,530 17,244,882 9,883,640 48.56%
Minnesota 5,710,106 4,375,838 10,629,980 5,303,925 55.52%
Mississippi 1,677,933 2,469,631 4,265,056 2,967,297 41.84%
Missouri 4,906,699 5,639,652 11,087,118 5,988,927 46.90%
Montana 767,935 996,358 1,860,870 989,415 51.33%
Nebraska 1,008,669 1,856,747 2,961,402 1,826,341 46.23%
Nevada 2,015,447 1,962,897 4,309,981 2,700,551 41.67%
New Hampshire 1,290,810 1,250,770 2,687,301 1,316,470 56.53%
New Jersey 6,999,547 5,264,266 12,581,560 8,791,894 44.06%
New Mexico 1,504,292 1,243,146 2,869,742 2,059,179 38.77%
New York 18,643,155 8,848,350 28,845,622 19,378,102 39.85%
North Carolina 7,837,793 8,628,592 16,946,436 9,535,483 49.73%
North Dakota 393,414 877,844 1,346,171 672,591 51.20%
Ohio 9,308,366 11,391,334 21,538,139 11,536,504 47.64%
Oklahoma 1,553,738 3,826,887 5,675,906 3,751,351 43.76%
Oregon 3,948,613 2,703,250 7,327,297 3,831,074 52.24%
Pennsylvania 11,437,974 11,528,143 23,540,727 12,702,379 48.14%
Rhode Island 1,010,876 560,773 1,630,750 1,052,567 44.10%
South Carolina 3,319,027 5,004,519 8,643,743 4,625,364 53.60%
South Dakota 436,864 871,141 1,389,134 814,180 45.46%
Tennesee 2,828,606 5,373,195 8,594,630 6,346,105 39.52%
Texas 11,830,717 16,864,320 30,010,932 25,145,561 35.67%
Utah 1,270,696 2,643,715 4,368,083 2,763,885 40.94%
Vermont 635,230 271,904 1,216,972 625,741 50.35%
Virginia 6,924,633 6,453,935 13,750,989 8,001,024 49.78%
Washington 7,248,335 5,169,899 12,829,484 6,724,540 50.05%
West Virginia 969,501 1,456,995 2,513,291 1,852,994 38.48%
Wisconsin 5,689,971 5,535,160 11,702,396 5,686,986 52.92%
Wyoming 213,835 637,399 920,877 563,626 45.39%
Total 245,048,458 230,305,265 500,800,734 308,143,815 44.24%
48.931% 45.987%
Leaning
1952 2016
Alabama D R
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas D R
California R D
Colorado
Connecticut D
Delaware D
Florida
Georgia D R
Hawaii D
Idaho R
Illinois D
Indiana R
Iowa R
Kansas R R
Kentucky R
Louisiana D R
Maine R
Maryland D
Massachusetts D
Michigan
Minnesota D
Mississippi D R
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska R R
Nevada
New Hampshire R
New Jersey R D
New Mexico D
New York D
North Carolina D
North Dakota R
Ohio R
Oklahoma R
Oregon R D
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island D
South Carolina D R
South Dakota R R
Tennesee R
Texas R
Utah R R
Vermont R
Virginia
Washington D
West Virginia D
Wisconsin R
Wyoming R

Part 1 of the series is where all this begins

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