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US Electoral Maps before and after Great Depression

Wall Street and the stock market crashed in October 1929. What a difference an economic meltdown makes. In 1928 Herbert Hoover received 444 electoral votes, four years later he was only able to scrape up 59:

Maps from 270 to Win



  1. hipmonkey wrote:

    Why would one EVER vote Republican?

    Sunday, October 12, 2008 at 11:52 am | Permalink
  2. Mike wrote:

    If Obama is elected, fine. I will not vote for him but I recognize that the white house and congress have messed things up, good. (Will folks who vote ‘against Bush’ also vote against Frank?) Point is, if you vote for Obama and he wins, at least pledge to accurately assess what he does, as opposed to allowing your vote to be some shallow, emotional release you will return to 4 years from now and duplicate, even if he has made things worse.

    Monday, November 3, 2008 at 7:58 am | Permalink
  3. Jon wrote:

    Interesting that only former slave states voted for the Democrat in 1928. Why is that?

    Monday, December 1, 2008 at 8:39 pm | Permalink
  4. TEBEAU169 wrote:

    The reason the Southern Block of states all voted Democrat in 1928 is the same reason these states voted Democrat most election years after the Wart of northern Aggression. Lincoln was a Republican and he invaded the South! It was not until the late 1970s that southern Democrats “buried Lincoln” and switched party affiliation to Republcian.

    Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at 1:03 pm | Permalink
  5. Patrick wrote:

    While the economy was surely an issue that helped Hoover lose to Roosevelt, in the election prior Smith’s Catholic-ness was probably what made him lose so badly. As well as the Democrat party being synonymous with war at the time.

    Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at 1:58 am | Permalink

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