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This is an amazing data visualization for historic data. Very interesting to see how the states shifted over time. California was solidly GOP before Clinton,
by ww520 14y ago
This is an amazing data visualization for historic data. Very interesting to see how the states shifted over time. California was solidly GOP before Clinton, how did they lose to Democrat afterward?
- rayiner 14y agoPopulation boom in the urban areas of LA, SF, etc.
- jcampbell1 14y agoI think it has more to do with Reagan being a Califonia Goverernor, Nixon being a California Senator. The early 90s recession hit California particularly hard and Clinton trounced Bush in California.
- majormajor 14y agoThe big swings left, though still overall on the right, for Ford after Nixon and GHW Bush after Reagan also foreshadow the eventual shift—Nixon and Reagan gained a lot due to being a California senator and governor, respectively, before running for President. (And for the Nixon era, that time's Republican party is a very different one than the one today. See also Texas being blue for Kennedy, Johnson, Humphrey, and Carter.)
- diego_moita 14y agoThe main support for the Republicans was the Defense industry in Southern California. After the collapse of Soviet Union the defense industry shrunk. The only remains of it is Orange County. Meanwhile, you have the big influx of Latinos, that vote strongly Democrat.