Continuing the series of graphs showing state electoral trends since 1960, here are the next four up: Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.
The graphs show how much more or less Democratic each state voted as compared to the national average; thus a +5% means that in a 50/50 national tie, the Democrat would have received 55% in a 2-way race.
Previous States:
Alaska, Washington, Oregon
Hawaii, California, Nevada
Idaho, Utah, Wyoming
Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado
Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota
Pics and comments below.
Nader vote in 2000:
NE: 4
KS: 3
OK: -
TX: 2
Theme song for Texas: Slip Slidin' Away?
Two interesting things that I see here. First, the northern heartland pro-Dem trend in the 1980's (or Farm Aid Effect) is detectable all the way down the line here, but it gets smaller and smaller the further south you go. Second, once you get into the periphery of The South, you start to see a bounce for Carter in '76 and, less so, in '80. Southern solidarity goes all the way from Georgia to Oklahoma, it seems. Up here, on the other hand, regional solidarity stops at the New Hampshire border.