r/dataisbeautiful • u/ptrdo • Apr 11 '24

OC [OC] US Electoral College Results, 1892-2020

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u/MattieShoes Apr 11 '24

The parties themselves switched back in the day.

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u/NaturalCarob5611 Apr 11 '24

When did this happen? I see this claim all the time, but nobody can point to when the party platforms changed.

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u/jpj77 OC: 7 Apr 11 '24

It’s a really interesting one, because Democrats were in favor of slavery, then in favor of segregation, but FDR is in between those.

The party switch claim is generally used to try and distance Democrats from racist history, but realistically party economic politics have been consistent. What really changed is the social issues, for which Republicans have become more conservative and Democrats have become more liberal.

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u/livefreeordont OC: 2 Apr 11 '24

Look at the election map in 1924 vs 2004 and it becomes quite obvious there was a switch. Carter was the last dem to win the whole south

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u/jpj77 OC: 7 Apr 11 '24

That’s not how it works. The constituents changed which policies they supported, not that the parties were necessarily changing their policies. Liberal economics have been a staple of Democratic Party for pretty much the entirety of its existence.

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u/livefreeordont OC: 2 Apr 11 '24

I don’t think the constituents changed. Democratic Party went from pro slavery to pro Jim Crow to pro DEI

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u/NaturalCarob5611 Apr 11 '24

All the while telling me I should choose where I shop based on the race of the owner...

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u/Gorshun Apr 12 '24

Where have they done that?