Solid South
Solid South in presidential elections
While Republicans occasionally won southern states in elections in which they won the presidency in the Solid South, it was not until 1960 that a Republican carried one of these states while losing the national election.

Solid South

Section Title: Solid South in presidential elections
Table Section Text: While Republicans occasionally won southern states in elections in which they won the presidency in the Solid South, it was not until 1960 that a Republican carried one of these states while losing the national election.

Presidential l votes in southern states since 1876

Year	Alabama	Arkansas	Florida	Georgia	Kentucky	Louisiana	Mississippi	North Carolina	Oklahoma	South Carolina	Tennessee	Texas	Virginia	West Virginia

1876	Tilden	Tilden	Hayes	Tilden	Tilden	Hayes	Tilden	Tilden	No election	Hayes	Tilden	Tilden	Tilden	Tilden

1880	Hancock	Hancock	Hancock	Hancock	Hancock	Hancock	Hancock	Hancock	No election	Hancock	Hancock	Hancock	Hancock	Hancock

1884	Cleveland	Cleveland	Cleveland	Cleveland	Cleveland	Cleveland	Cleveland	Cleveland	No election	Cleveland	Cleveland	Cleveland	Cleveland	Cleveland

1888	Cleveland	Cleveland	Cleveland	Cleveland	Cleveland	Cleveland	Cleveland	Cleveland	No election	Cleveland	Cleveland	Cleveland	Cleveland	Cleveland

1892	Cleveland	Cleveland	Cleveland	Cleveland	Cleveland	Cleveland	Cleveland	Cleveland	No election	Cleveland	Cleveland	Cleveland	Cleveland	Cleveland

1896	Bryan	Bryan	Bryan	Bryan	McKinley	Bryan	Bryan	Bryan	No election	Bryan	Bryan	Bryan	Bryan	McKinley

1900	Bryan	Bryan	Bryan	Bryan	Bryan	Bryan	Bryan	Bryan	No election	Bryan	Bryan	Bryan	Bryan	McKinley

1904	Parker	Parker	Parker	Parker	Parker	Parker	Parker	Parker	No election	Parker	Parker	Parker	Parker	Roosevelt

1908	Bryan	Bryan	Bryan	Bryan	Bryan	Bryan	Bryan	Bryan	Bryan	Bryan	Bryan	Bryan	Bryan	Taft

1912	Wilson	Wilson	Wilson	Wilson	Wilson	Wilson	Wilson	Wilson	Wilson	Wilson	Wilson	Wilson	Wilson	Wilson

1916	Wilson	Wilson	Wilson	Wilson	Wilson	Wilson	Wilson	Wilson	Wilson	Wilson	Wilson	Wilson	Wilson	Hughes

1920	Cox	Cox	Cox	Cox	Cox	Cox	Cox	Cox	Harding	Cox	Harding	Cox	Cox	Harding

1924	Davis	Davis	Davis	Davis	Coolidge	Davis	Davis	Davis	Davis	Davis	Davis	Davis	Davis	Coolidge

1928	Smith	Smith	Hoover	Smith	Hoover	Smith	Smith	Hoover	Hoover	Smith	Hoover	Hoover	Hoover	Hoover

1932	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt

1936	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt

1940	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt

1944	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt	Roosevelt

1948	Thurmond	Truman	Truman	Truman	Truman	Thurmond	Thurmond	Truman	Truman	Thurmond	Truman	Truman	Truman	Truman

1952	Stevenson	Stevenson	Eisenhower	Stevenson	Stevenson	Stevenson	Stevenson	Stevenson	Eisenhower	Stevenson	Eisenhower	Eisenhower	Eisenhower	Stevenson

1956	Stevenson	Stevenson	Eisenhower	Stevenson	Eisenhower	Eisenhower	Stevenson	Stevenson	Eisenhower	Stevenson	Eisenhower	Eisenhower	Eisenhower	Eisenhower

1960	Byrd	Kennedy	Nixon	Kennedy	Nixon	Kennedy	Byrd	Kennedy	Nixon	Kennedy	Nixon	Kennedy	Nixon	Kennedy

1964	Goldwater	Johnson	Johnson	Goldwater	Johnson	Goldwater	Goldwater	Johnson	Johnson	Goldwater	Johnson	Johnson	Johnson	Johnson

1968	Wallace	Wallace	Nixon	Wallace	Nixon	Wallace	Wallace	Nixon	Nixon	Nixon	Nixon	Humphrey	Nixon	Humphrey

1972	Nixon	Nixon	Nixon	Nixon	Nixon	Nixon	Nixon	Nixon	Nixon	Nixon	Nixon	Nixon	Nixon	Nixon

1976	Carter	Carter	Carter	Carter	Carter	Carter	Carter	Carter	Ford	Carter	Carter	Carter	Ford	Carter

1980	Reagan	Reagan	Reagan	Carter	Reagan	Reagan	Reagan	Reagan	Reagan	Reagan	Reagan	Reagan	Reagan	Carter

1984	Reagan	Reagan	Reagan	Reagan	Reagan	Reagan	Reagan	Reagan	Reagan	Reagan	Reagan	Reagan	Reagan	Reagan

1988	Bush	Bush	Bush	Bush	Bush	Bush	Bush	Bush	Bush	Bush	Bush	Bush	Bush	Dukakis

1992	Bush	Clinton	Bush	Clinton	Clinton	Clinton	Bush	Bush	Bush	Bush	Clinton	Bush	Bush	Clinton

1996	Dole	Clinton	Clinton	Dole	Clinton	Clinton	Dole	Dole	Dole	Dole	Clinton	Dole	Dole	Clinton

2000	Bush	Bush	Bush	Bush	Bush	Bush	Bush	Bush	Bush	Bush	Bush	Bush	Bush	Bush

2004	Bush	Bush	Bush	Bush	Bush	Bush	Bush	Bush	Bush	Bush	Bush	Bush	Bush	Bush

2008	McCain	McCain	Obama	McCain	McCain	McCain	McCain	Obama	McCain	McCain	McCain	McCain	Obama	McCain

2012	Romney	Romney	Obama	Romney	Romney	Romney	Romney	Romney	Romney	Romney	Romney	Romney	Obama	Romney

2016	Trump	Trump	Trump	Trump	Trump	Trump	Trump	Trump	Trump	Trump	Trump	Trump	Clinton	Trump

Year	Alabama	Arkansas	Florida	Georgia	Kentucky	Louisiana	Mississippi	North Carolina	Oklahoma	South Carolina	Tennessee	Texas	Virginia	West Virginia

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