The 1960 Presidential Election in Idaho was a fairly close race after Eisenhower comfortable won the state 4 and 8 years prior. JFK swept all but one Panhandle county, Latah County, home to Moscow. Nixon carried the state by dominating the urban areas of the Snake River Valley.

I think a bit more background of why Korea is like this is warrented, given the extent to which this graph has spread like wild fire. I don't disagree with John Burn-Murdoch about the ideological divide between genders within younger generations, but I do think there is more to it/🧵

Even before the 1960s, the South was experiencing a racist backlash against Dems, as this swing map of 1948-60 shows. This wasn't due to trade policies, but because of the support of national party figures for policies such as desegregating the armed forces.

#ElectionTwitter In 1952, both Eisenhower and Stevenson had noticeable support in their home counties. Ike got a record-breaking 82% in his birth county of Dickinson in KS, while Lake county in IL was one of the few places in the country where Stevenson did better than Truman

Good morning! This is a map of the 1987 United Kingdom General Election. Margret Thatcher led the Conservative Party to a third consecutive general election victory. Neil Kinnock's Labour made small gains, mostly in the Scottish central belt and Welsh valleys.

Part 4 of 1964 in VA

President Johnson narrowly won the support of voters from the Shenandoah Valley region. The LBJ coalition comprised mainly working-class voters in the mountain communities and urban centers. In particular, black voters gave LBJ decisive support in Roanoke.