year growth inc.party.vote inc.party.candidate other.candidate 1952 2.4 44.6 "Stevenson" "Eisenhower" 1956 2.89 57.76 "Eisenhower" "Stevenson" 1960 .85 49.91 "Nixon" "Kennedy" 1964 4.21 61.34 "Johnson" "Goldwater" 1968 3.02 49.60 "Humphrey" "Nixon" 1972 3.62 61.79 "Nixon" "McGovern" 1976 1.08 48.95 "Ford" "Carter" 1980 -.39 44.70 "Carter" "Reagan" 1984 3.86 59.17 "Reagan" "Mondale" 1988 2.27 53.94 "Bush, Sr." "Dukakis" 1992 .38 46.55 "Bush, Sr." "Clinton" 1996 1.04 54.74 "Clinton" "Dole" 2000 2.36 50.27 "Gore" "Bush, Jr." 2004 1.72 51.24 "Bush, Jr." "Kerry" 2008 .1 46.32 "McCain" "Obama" 2012 .95 52.00 "Obama" "Romney"