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These Maps Of Every Presidential Election Since 1900: How Many Times America Has Completely Changed

May 08, 2020 | 07:30am

If you look back at presidential electoral maps from the past century, it paints a visual picture of how massive political shifts can occur in relatively short periods of time, even if things often feel set in stone in the present moment. California was a red state until 1992, for example, while Texas went blue …

If you look back at presidential electoral maps from the past century, it paints a visual picture of how massive political shifts can occur in relatively short periods of time, even if things often feel set in stone in the present moment. California was a red state until 1992, for example, while Texas went blue as recently as 1976. Here’s a collection of every Presidential Electoral Map since 1900, many of which are truly unrecognizable today.

1900: William McKinley vs. William Jennings Bryan

1900: William McKinley v... is listed (or ranked) 1 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed1900: William McKinley v... is listed (or ranked) 1 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed
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1904: Theodore Roosevelt vs. Alton B. Parker

1904: Theodore Roosevelt... is listed (or ranked) 2 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed1904: Theodore Roosevelt... is listed (or ranked) 2 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed
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1908: William Howard Taft vs. William Jennings Bryan

1908: William Howard Taf... is listed (or ranked) 3 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed1908: William Howard Taf... is listed (or ranked) 3 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed
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1912: Woodrow Wilson vs. William Howard Taft vs. Theodore Roosevelt

1912: Woodrow Wilson vs.... is listed (or ranked) 4 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed1912: Woodrow Wilson vs.... is listed (or ranked) 4 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed
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1916: Woodrow Wilson vs. Charles Evans Hughes

1916: Woodrow Wilson vs. Charl is listed (or ranked) 5 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed1916: Woodrow Wilson vs. Charl is listed (or ranked) 5 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed
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1920: Warren G. Harding vs. James M. Cox

1920: Warren G. Harding vs. Ja is listed (or ranked) 6 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed1920: Warren G. Harding vs. Ja is listed (or ranked) 6 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed
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1924: Calvin Coolidge vs. John W. Davis vs. Robert M. La Follette

1924: Calvin Coolidge vs. John is listed (or ranked) 7 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed1924: Calvin Coolidge vs. John is listed (or ranked) 7 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed
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1928: Herbert Hoover vs. Al Smith

1928: Herbert Hoover vs. Al Sm is listed (or ranked) 8 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed1928: Herbert Hoover vs. Al Sm is listed (or ranked) 8 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed
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1932: Herbert Hoover vs. Franklin D. Roosevelt

1932: Herbert Hoover vs. Frank is listed (or ranked) 9 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed1932: Herbert Hoover vs. Frank is listed (or ranked) 9 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed
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1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt vs. Alf Landon

1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt vs is listed (or ranked) 10 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt vs is listed (or ranked) 10 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed
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1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt vs. Wendell Willkie

1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt vs is listed (or ranked) 11 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt vs is listed (or ranked) 11 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed
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1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt vs. Thomas E. Dewey

1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt vs is listed (or ranked) 12 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt vs is listed (or ranked) 12 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed
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1944: Harry S. Truman vs. Thomas E. Dewey vs. Strom Thurmond

1944: Harry S. Truman vs. Thom is listed (or ranked) 13 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed1944: Harry S. Truman vs. Thom is listed (or ranked) 13 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed
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1952: Dwight D. Eisenhower vs. Adlai Stevenson

1952: Dwight D. Eisenhower vs. is listed (or ranked) 14 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed1952: Dwight D. Eisenhower vs. is listed (or ranked) 14 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed
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1956: Dwight D. Eisenhower vs. Adlai Stevenson

1956: Dwight D. Eisenhower vs. is listed (or ranked) 15 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed1956: Dwight D. Eisenhower vs. is listed (or ranked) 15 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed
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1960: John F. Kennedy vs. Richard Nixon

1960: John F. Kennedy vs. Rich is listed (or ranked) 16 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed1960: John F. Kennedy vs. Rich is listed (or ranked) 16 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed
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1964: Lyndon B. Johnson vs. Barry Goldwater

1964: Lyndon B. Johnson vs. Ba is listed (or ranked) 17 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed1964: Lyndon B. Johnson vs. Ba is listed (or ranked) 17 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed
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1968: Richard Nixon vs. Hubert Humphrey vs. George Wallace

1968: Richard Nixon vs. Hubert is listed (or ranked) 18 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed1968: Richard Nixon vs. Hubert is listed (or ranked) 18 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed
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1972: Richard Nixon vs. George McGovern

1972: Richard Nixon vs. George is listed (or ranked) 19 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed1972: Richard Nixon vs. George is listed (or ranked) 19 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed
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1976: Jimmy Carter vs. Gerald Ford

1976: Jimmy Carter vs. Gerald is listed (or ranked) 20 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed1976: Jimmy Carter vs. Gerald is listed (or ranked) 20 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed
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1980: Ronald Reagan vs. Jimmy Carter

1980: Ronald Reagan vs. Jimmy is listed (or ranked) 21 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed1980: Ronald Reagan vs. Jimmy is listed (or ranked) 21 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed
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1984: Ronald Reagan vs. Walter Mondale

1984: Ronald Reagan vs. Walter is listed (or ranked) 22 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed1984: Ronald Reagan vs. Walter is listed (or ranked) 22 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed
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1988: George H. W. Bush vs. Michael Dukakis

1988: George H. W. Bush vs. Mi is listed (or ranked) 23 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed1988: George H. W. Bush vs. Mi is listed (or ranked) 23 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed
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1992: Bill Clinton vs. George H. W. Bush

1992: Bill Clinton vs. George is listed (or ranked) 24 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed1992: Bill Clinton vs. George is listed (or ranked) 24 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed
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1996: Bill Clinton vs. Bob Dole

1996: Bill Clinton vs. Bob Dol is listed (or ranked) 25 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed1996: Bill Clinton vs. Bob Dol is listed (or ranked) 25 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed
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2000: George W. Bush vs. Al Gore

2000: George W. Bush vs. Al Go is listed (or ranked) 26 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed2000: George W. Bush vs. Al Go is listed (or ranked) 26 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed
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2004: George W. Bush vs. John Kerry

2004: George W. Bush vs. John is listed (or ranked) 27 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed2004: George W. Bush vs. John is listed (or ranked) 27 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed
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2008: Barack Obama vs. John McCain

2008: Barack Obama vs. John Mc is listed (or ranked) 28 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed2008: Barack Obama vs. John Mc is listed (or ranked) 28 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed
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2012: Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney

2012: Barack Obama vs. Mitt Ro is listed (or ranked) 29 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed2012: Barack Obama vs. Mitt Ro is listed (or ranked) 29 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed
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2016: Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton

2016: Donald Trump vs. Hillary is listed (or ranked) 30 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed2016: Donald Trump vs. Hillary is listed (or ranked) 30 on the list These Maps Of Every Election In The Past Century Show How Dramatically America Has Changed
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